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Infrared spectroscopy as a tool to characterise starch ordered structure--a joint FTIR-ATR, NMR, XRD and DSC study
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Starch has a heterogeneous, semi-crystalline granular structure and the degree of ordered structure can affect its behaviour in foods and bioplastics. A range of methodologies are employed to study starch structure; differential scanning calorimetry, (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Despite the appeal of FTIR as a rapid, non-destructive methodology, there is currently no systematically defined quantitative relationship between FTIR spectral features and other starch structural measures. Here, we subject 61 starch samples to structural analysis, and systematically correlate FTIR spectra with other measures of starch structure. A hydration dependent peak position shift in the FTIR spectra of starch is observed, resulting from increased molecular order, but with complex, non-linear behaviour. We demonstrate that FTIR is a tool that can quantitatively probe short range interactions in starch structure. However, the assumptions of linear relationships between starch ordered structure and peak ratios are overly simplistic.
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Warren et al. (2016) noted a weak correlation between infrared spectral ratios and actual crystallinity, suggesting a more complex relationship between FTIR data and structural order in starch.
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- Warren, F. J., Gidley, M. J., & Flanagan, B. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Flanagan, Bernadine M.
- Venue
- Carbohydrate Polymers
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 139
- Pages
- 35-42
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- 0144-8617 (ISSN-L)
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- W2181558543
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food composition and properties
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Keywords
- starch, ordered structures, FTIR spectroscopy, ATR spectroscopy, starch granule structure, hydration, peak shift, short-range interactions, semi-crystalline structure, structural characterization
- MeSH terms
- Calorimetry, Differential Scanning, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Starch, X-Ray Diffraction, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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