title: Solution rheology of kappa-carrageenan in the ordered and disordered conformations.
abstract: The order-disorder conformational transition of kappa-carrageenan, induced by both electrolyte and temperature, was found to give rise to significantly different rheological properties under shear flow, extensional flow, and small deformation oscillation regimes. Shear flow displayed only shear thinning or Newtonian behavior, depending of the chain conformation. A larger range of properties was observed in elongational flow. Strain-thinning behavior was observed in the ordered conformation while strain thickening occurred in the disordered conformation. These results are discussed as a function of the chain conformation.
authors.affiliation: North East Wales Institute, Centre for Water-Soluble Polymers, PP 21, Plas Coch, Wrexham LL11 2AW, U.K.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viebke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meadows
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012212:Rheology; D012996:Solutions; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012996:Solutions; D002351:Carrageenan