Authors
Citation
L. Piculell, Gelling polysaccharides, CURR OP COL, 3(6), 1998, pp. 643-650
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
13590294
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Volume
3
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
643 - 650
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-0294(199812)3:6<643:GP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Recently, a great deal of progress has been made in the field of helix-form
ing polysaccharides. imaging techniques show rigid, slender rods of aggrega
ted helices under gelling conditions for gellan and kappa-carrageenan. Kapp
a-carrageenan helices in a good solvent form a nematic phase (for short cha
ins) or a weak gel (for long chains). Theory on phase separation and gelati
on of rodlike particles has also progressed.