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    Toughening Mechanism of ZTA–TiC–Fe Ceramic Materials Produced by High-Gravity Combustion Synthesis

    Through coupling of high-gravity field and high temperature field of , ZrO2 toughened Al2O3 (ZTA) adding with TiC strengthened iron ductile (ZTA–TiC–Fe) composite materials were prepared by high-gravity . The c...

    Hongwei Zhao, Shibin Guo, Jiangtao Li in Advances in Powder and Ceramic Materials S… (2020)

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    Summary

    This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of the art on the structure analysis of complex polysaccharides. Unlike protein and nucleic acid, the structure investigation of polysaccharides can only ...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    MALDI-TOF-MS for Polysaccharides Analysis

    Mass spectroscopy has been widely applied for carbohydrate analysis in terms of molecular mass, constituent monosaccharides, linkage types, sequencing of sugar residues, branching features, types of modifying ...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Strategies for Structural Characterization of Polysaccharides

    Polysaccharide molecules are constructed by long chains of monosaccharide units bound together via glycosidic linkages. Naturally occurring polysaccharides can be simply classified into four categories accordi...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Molecular Weight Distribution and Conformational Properties of Polysaccharides

    As a fundamental characteristic, the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of polysaccharides are important in relation to many physical properties. Average molecular weight and polydispersity ind...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Partial Acid Hydrolysis and Molecular Degradation

    Polysaccharides are generally degraded into oligosaccharides prior to their structural characterization, while the degradation methods can be classified into two big categories, non-specific degradation and co...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    1D & 2D and Solid-State NMR

    NMR spectroscopy, as a powerful tool for carbohydrate structural analysis, could provide a complete picture of oligosaccharides structure and their behavior in solution. Structural features including linkage p...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for Carbohydrate Analysis

    As FTIR spectrometer can simultaneously collect high-resolution data over a wide spectral range in a short time, it has been extensively used for carbohydrate analysis (Guo et al in Carbohydr Polym 86(2):831–8...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Detailed Experimental Procedures

    Weigh 10 mg polysaccharide sample, adding 1 mL 12 M sulphate acid and keep stirring at room temperature for 30 min until sample dissolved well. Dilute the solution accordingly, normally 10 times and waiting fo...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Polysaccharide Extraction and Fractionation

    Some polysaccharides can be collected directly from the ground endosperm of beans (guar gum) or husks (psyllium). Exudate gums such as gum arabic and gum ghatti can be picked up directly from the tree bark (Ka...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Monosaccharide Composition Analysis

    Monosaccharide composition analysis is critical for understanding the structure of polysaccharides, as it could provide the first clue of the structural information. For example, polysaccharides containing ara...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)

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    Linkage Pattern Analysis

    Methylation analysis, a powerful tool for primary structure characterization, has been used for decades and is still widely used nowadays (Chandra et al. in Carbohydrate Research 344(16):2188–2194, 2009; Pereira ...

    Qingbin Guo, Lianzhong Ai, Steve W. Cui in Methodology for Structural Analysis of Pol… (2018)