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Author(s) |
Chodankar, S.; Aswal, V.K.; Hassan, P.A.; Wagh, A.G. |
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The rheology of a temperature-induced protein bovine serum albumin gel is shown to
strongly depend on the solution pH and protein concentration. Small-angle neutron
scattering studies showed the presence of a fractal structure of the gels, resembling
the aggregation of protein molecules and causing a three-dimensional network kind of
arrangement. The fractal dimensions were observed to be constant and independent of
the variation of pH and the protein concentration. The results of rheology and scattering
experiments are correlated in terms of pH-dependent flexibility of flocs in the gels and
hindrance to flow with concentration, while the structure of such flocs remains similar
irrespective of the solution conditions.
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