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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 28, 期 2, 页码 157-165出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(00)00166-5
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kappa-carrageenan; polarimetry; helix
We have studied kappa -carrageenan fractions with varying molar mass, obtained by sonication, using static and dynamic light scattering and polarimetry. The samples were characterised in 0.1 M NaCl and 0.1 M NaI. i.e. in the coil and helix conformation, respectively. We find that the molar mass and size of the untreated sample are the same in the coil and helix conformation. For the sonicated samples, we find larger average molar masses and sizes in the helix conformation. The critical temperature T-c, below which the coil-helix transition sets in, decreases with decreasing molar mass. Aggregation is induced by lowering the temperature in the presence of 0.01 M KCl, which leads to the formation of locally rigid bundles of kappa -carrageenan chains. The thickness of the bundles increases slowly with time and we have nut observed stabilisation, even after 24 h at 10 degreesC below T-c. The local structure of the aggregates is the same for all fractions, but at a given temperature, the rate of aggregation decreases with decreasing molar mass. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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