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- The study monitored the gelation and structure formation of two types of amylose in alkaline solutions using time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (tr-SAXS).
- Sharp increases in SAXS profiles after gelation indicated that amylose chain aggregation led to both a gel point and crystal growth.
- The aggregate structures varied based on amylose molecular weight, with high-molecular-weight samples analyzed using a Debye-Bueche function and low-molecular-weight samples analyzed with a stretched exponential function.
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The gelation and structural formation of two types of amylose in alkaline solution by in situ neutralization was monitored with time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (tr-SAXS). Sharp increases of SAXS profile in lower angle region were observed after gelation. The results showed that aggregation of amylose chains led to a gel point with crystal growth. The aggregation appeared to function as a junction zone, and the aggregate structure depended on the molecular weight of amylose. A high-molecular-weight sample was fitted using a Debye-Bueche function, and a low-molecular-weight sample was fitted using a stretched exponential function.
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