Calorimetric and Microstructural Investigation of Frozen Hydrated Gluten

Kontogiorgos, Vassilis and Goff, H. Douglas (2006) Calorimetric and Microstructural Investigation of Frozen Hydrated Gluten. Food Biophysics, 1 (4). pp. 202-215. ISSN 1557-1858

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Abstract

The thermal and microstructural properties of frozen hydrated gluten were studied by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), modulated DSC, and low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM). This work was undertaken to investigate the thermal transitions observed in frozen hydrated gluten and relate them to its microstructure. The minor peak that is observed just before the major endotherm (melting of bulk ice) was assigned to the melting of ice that is confined to capillaries formed by gluten. The Defay–Prigogine theory for the depression of melting point of fluids confined in capillaries was put forward in order to explain the calorimetric results. The pore radius size of the capillaries was calculated by using four different empirical models. Kinetic analysis of the growth of the pore radius size revealed that it follows first-order kinetics. Cryo-SEM observations revealed that gluten forms a continuous homogeneous and not fibrous network. Results of the present investigation showed that is impossible to assign a T g value for hydrated frozen gluten because of the wide temperature range over which the gluten matrix vitrifies, and therefore the construction of state diagrams is not feasible at subzero temperatures for this material. Furthermore, the gluten matrix is deteriorated with two different mechanisms from ice recrystallization, one that results from the growth of ice that is confined in capillaries and the other from the growth of bulk ice.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Schools:	School of Applied Sciences
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Depositing User:	Sara Taylor
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2009 15:19
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2009 15:19
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/5005

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