Physical Chemistry and Industrial Application of Gellan Gum

Characterization of gellan gum in aqueous NaCl solution.- Temperature dependence of the conformational properties of sodium-type gellan gum in aqueous solutions.- Hydrogen-bonding behavior of gellan in solution during structural change observed by 1H NMR and circular dichroism methods.- Multinuclear NMR study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum.- Electron spin resonance study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solution by the addition of paramagnetic metal- ions.- Dielectric study on the dynamics of an aqueous solution of gellan gum.- The sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions in the presence of various metal salts.- Differential scanning calorimetry and structural studies of the sol-gel transition of gellan gum in water.- Light scattering, sound velocity and viscoelastic behavior of aqueous gellan solutions.- Rheological properties of the gellan /water system.- Rheological and thermal properties near the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions.- Effects of sugar on the sol-gel transition in gellan gum aqueous solutions.- Structural change of polymer chains of gellan monitored by circular dichroism.- Phase transitions of gellan-water systems.- A fibrous model for gellan gels from atomic force microscopy studies.- Rheology and gelation of deacylated gellan polysaccharide with Na+ as the sole counterion.- Molecular origins of the rheology of high-sugar gellan systems.- The latest technologies for the application of gellan gum.- Gelatin alternatives for the food industry.