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    Glass-transition behaviour of plasticized starch biopolymer system - A modified Gordon-Taylor approach

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    Chaudhary, Deeptangshu
    Adhikari, B.
    Kasapis, S.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chaudhary, Deeptangshu S. and Adhikari, Benu P. and Kasapis, Stefan. 2011. Glass-transition behaviour of plasticized starch biopolymer system - A modified Gordon-Taylor approach. Food Hydrocolloids. 25: pp. 114-121.
    Source Title
    Food Hydrocolloids
    DOI
    10.1016/j.foodhyd.2010.06.002
    ISSN
    0268-005X
    School
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32369
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Two plasticizers namely, glycerol and xylitol, based on their similar molecular size (6.3 A) but different molecular weights (Glycerol-92; Xylitol-152) were selected for studying the glass-transition behaviour (rubber like behaviour) in multi-plasticized starch biopolymer with about 70% amylopectin structure. In the calorimetry measurements, glass-transition temperatures (onset temperature for bulk viscous flow) of plasticized samples were higher than non-plasticized samples at low water activities, thus showing typical antiplasticization behaviour. However, when plasticizer concentration was increased up to 15% and 20% wt, all plasticized samples showed significant reduction in glass-transition temperature. We used a modified Gordon-Taylor model to understand the competitive plasticization of glycerol and xylitol in presence of water, and suggest that competitive plasticization exists and occurs at a threshold amount of matrix free water content, due to strong three-way interactions: starch-plasticizer, plasticizer-plasticizer/water and starch-water. This competitive interaction is significant in determining the onset temperature for viscous flow behaviour; at higher matrix water content, the Gordon-Taylor constant was relatively unaffected by the plasticizer amount, and water was the dominant plasticizer. A new interaction parameter that separates the starch-plasticizer interaction in a starch-plasticizer-water system is also discussed.

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