Advanced Biophysical Techniques for Polysaccharides Characterization

Advanced Biophysical Techniques for Polysaccharides Characterization offers detailed insights into the cutting-edge techniques available for the identification, quantification, characterization. and structural analysis of polysaccharides. A wide range of techniques are covered, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), optical microscopy, non-linear optical microscopy and spectroscopic techniques like Fourier transform Infrared (FTIR), X ray diffraction, light scattering, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Various polysaccharides are investigated, along with their applications across a range of industries. Each chapter offers a detailed description of the techniques before delving into case studies covering the latest advances.

This book provides a one-stop solution to the latest advanced microscopic and spectroscopic techniques for investigating a range of important polysaccharides and is an ideal reference for researchers in the field of biophysics, molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmaceutics, food chemistry and related areas.

• Covers a range of biophysical techniques for polysaccharide analysis, including NMR, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, mass spectrometry approaches, X ray diffraction, light scattering, and TEM techniques
• Investigates an array of polysaccharides such as glycogen, xanthan, hyaluronan, and more
• Includes an introduction to the sources, types, and benefits of polysaccharide
• Considers applications of polysaccharides in various industries, including biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, and the food industry

Nirmal Mazumder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics at Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Prior to this Dr. Mazumder was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Nanophysics and NeuroBrain Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy. His main research interests include spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of starch granules, development of optical microscopes, biodegradable elastomeric microfluidics and machine learning approaches for tissue characterization. He has published more than 60 journal articles, 21 book chapters, 7 books and 4 patents.