Single crystals of amylose V complexes

Abstract In the present paper our previous results and Manley's results for single crystals of amylose V complexes are confirmed. A reasonable interpretation of electron diffraction patterns from lamellar crystals of the monohydrated complex and of the anhydrous complex is presented. It is concluded that the longer side of rectangular lamellae corresponds to the a axis of the unit cell of the wet complex, and that the crystal structure does not have hexagonal symmetry at the time when the lamellar crystals are formed in the supercooled solution. The mode of chain packing in the single crystals is described and discussed.