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For efficient treatment of starch using aqueous ionic liquid at room temperature

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Abstract

Considering the renewability and chemical versatility of natural biopolymers, innovative solvation processes to efficiently disrupt the native supramolecular structures of (namely dissolve/gelate) natural polymers for their modification, derivation, and materials fabrication are highly demanded. This work compares the structural disorganization behavior at room temperature among waxy maize, high-amylose maize, cassava and potato starches with the 6:4 (wt/wt) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc])/water mixture using rapid visco analysis (RVA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), small-angle X-ray scattering, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), and Raman spectroscopy. All the viscosity, morphological and structural changes show the greater susceptibility of the two A-type (cassava and waxy maize) starches to structural disruption with the aqueous IL than the two B-type (potato and high-amylose maize) ones, while cassava starch is most susceptible. The four starches, once ball-milled (for up to 5 min), display an immediate increase in viscosity with time in RVA, while a lag in viscosity increase for native waxy maize and cassava starches without ball-milling and barely any viscosity change for high-amylose maize and potato starches can be observed. This indicates that the easiness of starch gelation by the aqueous IL is not directly linked to amylose content but is controlled by the granule surface compactness (namely, how easily the aqueous IL can reach and disrupt the most vulnerable parts inside the starch granule and subsequently cause the destruction of the rest parts and the breakdown of the whole granule). The findings can provide insights into developing low-energy processes for starch processing with aqueous ILs.


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Author(s): Zhang B, Guo Y, Lin L, Qiao D, Xie F

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Sustainable Materials and Technologies

Year: 2023

Volume: 36

Print publication date: 01/07/2023

Online publication date: 04/03/2023

Acceptance date: 23/02/2023

Date deposited: 17/03/2023

ISSN (print): 2214-9929

ISSN (electronic): 2214-9937

Publisher: Elsevier BV

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00592

DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00592


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Key R & D Project of Hubei Fig. 7. (continued). B. Zhang et al. Sustainable Materials and Technologies 36 (2023) e00592 12 Province (2022BBA004)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172240)

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