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SOFT MATTER
Volume 15, Issue 31, Pages 6362-6368Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01112a
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [200021-137941, 200021-175994]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_137941] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The formation of electrostatic protein-polysaccharide multilayers has attracted attention for the design of fluid interfaces with enhanced stability and functionality. However, current techniques are often limited to measuring final multilayer properties. We present an interfacial shear rheology setup with simultaneous subphase exchange, allowing the transient measurement of biopolymer multilayers by their viscoelasticity. The successive and simultaneous adsorption of beta-lactoglobulin (beta-lg) and low-methoxyl pectin were investigated at the n-dodecane/water interface at pH 4. The successive injection of pectin increased the viscoelasticity of an adsorbed beta-lg layer by electrostatic complexation. On the other hand, simultaneous adsorption impeded adsorption kinetics and interfacial layer strength due to complexation in the bulk phase prior to adsorption. Neutron reflectometry at the air-water interface confirmed the formation of an initial beta-lg layer and electrostatic complexation of a secondary pectin layer, which desorbed upon pH-induced charge inversion. The layer formed by simultaneous adsorption mainly consisted of beta-lg. We conclude that protein-polysaccharide complexes show limited surface activity and result in a lower effective protein concentration available for adsorption.
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