The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is a direct descendant of the
conventional SEM, but also permits wet and insulating samples to be imaged without prior …

A set of local mechanical probes has been developed over the last ten years, allowing a
kind of dynamical mechanical testing known as microrheology. This paper provides a short …

The 2006 edition of this authoritative guide on liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) science was
produced in response to the wealth of new material generated in the field. It takes the reader …

Amyloid fibrils are a polymeric form of protein, involving a continuous β-sheet with the strands
perpendicular to the long axis of the fibril. Although typically implicated in diseases such …

… Since the starch granule is composed of three different regions (am… on starch granule
structure: PJ Jenkins and AM Donald … on starch granule structure: PJ Jenkins and AM Donald …

… This study aims to use the more sophisticated analysis of Cameron and Donald, which
circumvents this problem by fitting the whole of the scattering curve, to re-examine the overall …

Biocompatible hydrogels have a wide variety of potential applications in biotechnology and
medicine, such as the controlled delivery and release of cells, cosmetics and drugs, and as …

Using a combination of techniques, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering, differential scanning
calorimetry and small-angle neutron scattering, it has been possible to follow the stages …

The analogy between starch and a chiral side-chain polymeric liquid crystal is examined in
relation to the processes involved during gelatinisation. There are three important …

The structure of starch in its native state and during gelatinization was studied using small-angle
X-ray scattering (SAXS). The scattering data were then modelled by considering the …