Neutron intensity elastic scans on trehalose, maltose, and sucrose/H2O mixtures as a function of concentration, temperature, and exchanged wave vector are presented. The experimental findings show a crossover in molecular fluctuations between harmonic and anharmonic dynamical regimes. A new operative definition for the degree of fragility of glass-forming systems is furnished by using explicitly the connection between viscosity and mean-square displacement. The procedure is tested for the investigated mixtures and for a set of glass-forming systems. In this frame, the stronger character of trehalose/ H2O mixture indicates a better attitude in respect to maltose and sucrose/H2O mixtures to encapsulate biostructures in a more rigid matrix.

Mean Square Displacement Relationship in Bioprotectant Systems by Elastic Neutron Scattering

MAGAZU', Salvatore;MAISANO, Giacomo;MIGLIARDO, Federica;
2004-01-01

Abstract

Neutron intensity elastic scans on trehalose, maltose, and sucrose/H2O mixtures as a function of concentration, temperature, and exchanged wave vector are presented. The experimental findings show a crossover in molecular fluctuations between harmonic and anharmonic dynamical regimes. A new operative definition for the degree of fragility of glass-forming systems is furnished by using explicitly the connection between viscosity and mean-square displacement. The procedure is tested for the investigated mixtures and for a set of glass-forming systems. In this frame, the stronger character of trehalose/ H2O mixture indicates a better attitude in respect to maltose and sucrose/H2O mixtures to encapsulate biostructures in a more rigid matrix.
2004
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