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Fast intracrystalline hydration of beta-chitin revealed by combined microdrop generation and on-line synchrotron radiation microdiffraction.
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Biomacromolecules [Biomacromolecules] 2003 Jul-Aug; Vol. 4 (4), pp. 981-6. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Water microdrops of about 50 microm in diameter, generated by an ink-jet system, have been used to hydrate fragments of Pogonophora tubes. In situ X-ray microdiffraction with a beam size of 10 microm was used to follow the structural transformations that affected the crystalline beta-chitin part of the specimens. Starting from anhydrous chitin, the formation of a full beta-chitin dihydrate was observed within about 90 s. A disordered intermediate phase with variable d-spacing that could be due to a mixture of anhydrous and hydrated beta-chitin layers was also detected.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1525-7797
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biomacromolecules
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12857082
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bm0340218