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| Summary: | The mechanical and structural properties of κ/ι-hybrid carrageenan gels obtained at various concentrations in the presence of 0.1 m KCl were studied with Fourier Transform rheology (FTR) and cryoSEM imaging. FTR data show that gels formed at concentration below 1.25 wt% exhibit a strain hardening behavior. The strain hardening is characterized by a quadratic increase of the scaled third harmonic with the strain and a third harmonic phase angle of zero degree. Both features are weakly depending on the concentration and conform to predictions from a strain hardening model devised for fractal colloidal gels. However, the phase angle of the third harmonic reveals that κ/ι-hybrid carrageenan gels obtained at higher concentrations show shear thinning behavior. Colloidal gel models used to extract structural information from the concentration scaling of gel equilibrium shear modulus G0 and the strain dependence of FTR parameters suggest that κ/ι-hybrid carrageenan gels are built from aggregating rod-like strands (with fractal dimension x = 1.13) which essentially stretch under increasing strain. The mechanically relevant structural parameters fairly match the gel fractal dimension (d = 1.66) obtained from the cryoSEM analysis. |
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| Main Authors: | Hilliou, L. |
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| Other Authors: | Wilhelm, Manfred; Yamanoi, Mikio; Gonçalves, Maria P. |
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| Subject: | Fourier transform rheology kappa/iota-hybrid carrageenan Strain hardening Colloidal gel Cellular microstructure κ/ι-hybrid carrageenan |
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| Year: | 2009 |
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| Country: | Portugal |
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| Document type: | article |
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| Access type: | restricted access |
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| Associated institution: | Universidade do Minho |
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| Language: | English |
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| Origin: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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