Acquisition of a multifunctional top port spectrophotometer to investigate starch granule architecture

如需购买柯尼卡美能达多功能顶端光谱仪(CM-3500d型)，请提供资金。据我所知，这是唯一一台可以测量粉末和固体的吸收和反射特性的设备。这台设备对于我研究淀粉颗粒结构和结构的新研究项目来说是至关重要的，也是不可或缺的。建议的设备也是通用的，因为它可以用于测量水果、蔬菜、谷物或面粉的颜色特性。因此，它将是圭尔夫大学食品科学系内用于本科生和研究生培训和研究的有用工具。

Monies are requested to acquire a Konica Minolta Multifunctional Top Port Spectrophotometer (Model CM-3500d). This is the only equipment, to the best of my knowledge that can measure absorption and reflection properties of powders and solids. This equipment is critical and indispensable to my new research program to investigate starch granule structure and architecture. The proposed equipment is also versatile in that it can be used to measure color properties of fruits, vegetables, grains or flours. Therefore, it will be a useful tool within the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph for undergraduate and graduate student training and research.