The effect
of monoglycerides (monopalmitin and monoolein) on the structural, topographical, anddilatational characteristics
of ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein adsorbed film at the air-water interface has been analyzedby means
of surface pressure (
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A) isotherms, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and surfacedilatational rheology. The static and dynamic characteristics
of the mixed films depend on the interfacialcomposition and the surface pressure. At surface pressures lower than that for the
ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein collapse(at the equilibrium surface pressure
of the protein,
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eages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein) a mixed film
of ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein andmonoglyceride may exist. At higher surface pressures the collapsed
ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein is partially displacedfrom the interface by monoglycerides. However,
ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein displacement by monoglycerides is notquantitative at the monoglyceride concentrations studied in this work. The protein displacement by amonoglyceride is higher for monopalmitin than for monoolein and for spread than for adsorbed films.The viscoelastic characteristics
of the mixed films were dominated by the presence
of ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein inthe mixture. Even at the higher surface pressures (at
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eages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein) the small amounts
of ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-caseincollapsed residues at the interface have a significant effect on the surface dilatational properties
ofthe mixed films. The structural, topographical, and viscoelastic characteristics
of the mixed filmscorroborate the fact that protein displacement for monoglycerides is higher for spread than for adsorbedmixed films.Keywords: Milk protein;
ages/gifchars/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-casein; monoglyceride; monopalmitin; monoolein; air-water interface;adsorbed monolayer; spread monolayer; mixed monolayer; surface rheology