Hydrogels are a kind of three dimensional polymeric network system which has a significant
amount of water imbibing capacity despite being soluble in it. Because of the potential …

Recent trends in biodegradable polymers indicate significant developments in terms of
novel design strategies and engineering to provide advanced polymers with comparably …

Research toward bio‐based and biodegradable polymers has received a lot of attention
these last years, due to environmental concerns and the need to replace fossil resources …

Starch, which is a natural carbohydrate biopolymer, has been the subject of academic and
industrial studies for many decades, basically due to its low cost, biodegradability and …

Present study report on biodegradation of starch grafted polyethylene (PE), successfully
synthesized by graft copolymerization method using benzoyl peroxide as the radical initiator …

In this work the effects of testing temperature and drawing orientation on the fracture
behaviour of biobased and biodegradable thermoplastic starch based films, currently …

Cassava starch‐graft‐poly (acrylonitrile) samples were synthesized by a free radical‐
initiated polymerization reaction, and urea fertilizer was coated with these grafted starches to …

Graft copolymers of sodium alginate (NaAlg) with itaconic acid (IA) were prepared in
aqueous solution using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) as the redox initiator under N2 …

Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for the synthesis of cassava starch‐
graft‐poly (acrylamide) using ceric ammonium nitrate as free radical initiator. Concentration …

Starch is one of the cheapest and most abundant natural carbohydrate biopolymers and is
compatible with hydrocolloids and other water-soluble polymers. Therefore, it can be an …