FOOD. Science. Technology. Quality

Food. SCIENCE. Technology. Quality

Food. Science. TECHNOLOGY. Quality

Food. Science. Technology. QUALITY

Authors

S. POLISZKO, D.M. NAPIERAŁA, R. REZLER, G. HOFFMANN

Title

Molecular dynamics in dehydrated starch gels

Abstract

We have recently developed a transformation method for representation of different relaxation processes data (DMTA, DETA and 1H-NMR) as a function of free energy of activation in freeze-dried wheat starch gel. In our previous paper [12] the method of transformation was applied for freeze-dried wheat starch gel of density of 0.13 g/cm3, while in this paper we present results of a similar analysis of relaxation parameters measured in a wide temperature range in dehydrated wheat starch gel of a twice lower density. In the system studied, we observed a decreasing value of the complex rigidity modulus, due to much lower degree of crosslinking. Similar courses of dispersion profile obtained with 1H-NMR relaxation method and DMTA method, at temperature ranging from 100 to 380 K, point to a correlation between the nuclear and mechanical relaxation processes, confirming the results of our previous work, which are related to the dynamics of hydroxymethylene groups in freeze-dried starch gel.

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