Infrared spectroscopy as a tool to characterise starch ordered structure—a joint FTIR–ATR, NMR, XRD and DSC study

• Published in: Carbohydrate polymers Vol. 139; pp. 35 - 42
• Main Authors: Warren, Frederick J., Gidley, Michael J., Flanagan, Bernadine M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 30.03.2016
• Subjects: bioplastics; Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; carbohydrate structure; Crystallinity; differential scanning calorimetry; foods; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; FTIR–ATR; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; NMR; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Polymer structure; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Starch; Starch - chemistry; X-Ray Diffraction; XRD; NMR; Crystallinity; FTIR–ATR; XRD; Starch; Polymer structure

•A larger sample set (61) of starches than has been used in previous studies.•Full structural characterisation using a range of techniques.•A non-linear, hydration dependent response occurs in the infrared spectrum.•Complex changes in the infrared spectra of starch with increasing structural order....