Neutron techniques for food hydrocolloids

EP Gilbert - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Neutron scattering techniques provide detailed information on the structure of, and dynamics
occurring within, materials across multiple length and time scales. When combined with …

Advanced in situ analytical techniques: Opening the door for the structural analysis of starch and its food applications

Z Wu, S Li, G Chen, Y Wang, H Li - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A deeper understanding of multiscale structures of starch and starch-containing
systems subjected to internal and external changes is required due to the rising demands to …

On structural rearrangements near the glass transition temperature in amorphous silica

MI Ojovan, RF Tournier - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The formation of clusters was analyzed in a topologically disordered network of bonds of
amorphous silica (SiO2) based on the Angell model of broken bonds termed configurons. It …

Impact of potato starch structural transitions on microstructure development during deep-frying

IM Riley, U Verma, SC Rovira, N Ooms, MA Nivelle… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Starch is an important constituent in several deep-fried foods, however, the impact of starch
structural transformations on microstructure development during deep-frying is not well …

Non-invasive detection of hazardous materials with a thermal-to-epithermal neutron station: a feasibility study towards practical application

M Silarski, K Dziedzic-Kocurek, K Drużbicki… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The growing scale of the devastation that even a single terrorist attack can cause requires
more effective methods for the detection of hazardous materials. In particular, there are no …

Hydrogen spillover in tungsten oxide bronzes as observed by broadband neutron spectroscopy

E Lalik, SF Parker, G Irvine, I da Silva, MJ Gutmann… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen spillover is an elusive process, and its characterization, using experimental
probes and ab initio modeling, poses a serious challenge. In this work, the nuclear quantum …

Molecular specificity in neutron imaging: the case of hydrogen adsorption in metal organic frameworks

M Simoni, T Minniti, R Senesi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Neutron imaging is the technique of choice for a number of in situ and operando
applications, where a high penetration power is required. White-beam neutron imaging and …

Nuclear quantum dynamics in Hexamethylenetetramine and its deuterated counterpart: A DFT-augmented neutron study

M Krzystyniak, MJ Gutmann, K Refson… - Physica …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite being one of the most thoroughly characterised molecular crystals,
hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) and its deuterated counterpart (DHMT), are still not fully …

Neutron thermal cross sections of 3D-printing organic polymers using the Average Functional Group Approximation

G Romanelli, M Simoni, E Preziosi… - EPJ Web of …, 2023 - epj-conferences.org
We provide a worked example on how to obtain the total neutron scattering cross section of
organic polymers at thermal neutron energies by means of the Average Functional Group …

Changes in the hydrogen nuclear kinetic energy across the several phases of methylammonium lead tribromide

G Romanelli, C Andreani, L Fazi, A Ishteev… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We present an experimental investigation of methylammonium lead tribromide single
crystals in the orthorhombic, tetragonal, and cubic phases based on inelastic and deep …