Combination of poly (lactic) acid and starch for biodegradable food packaging

J Muller, C González-Martínez, A Chiralt - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
The massive use of synthetic plastics, in particular in the food packaging area, has a great
environmental impact, and alternative more ecologic materials are being required. Poly …

Plant-derived nanostructures: types and applications

R Mohammadinejad, S Karimi, S Iravani, RS Varma - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Plant-derived nanostructures and nanoparticles (NPs) have functional applications in
numerous disciplines such as health care, food and feed, cosmetics, biomedical science …

Biodegradable and non-retrogradable eco-films based on starch–glycerol with citric acid as crosslinking agent

PG Seligra, CM Jaramillo, L Famá, S Goyanes - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodegradable and non-retrogradable starch–glycerol based films were obtained using citric
acid (CA) as crosslinking agent at 75° C. This material allowed decreasing water vapor …

Use of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in polysaccharides dissolution and extraction processes towards sustainable biomass valorization

ES Morais, AMC Lopes, MG Freire, CSR Freire… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
A shift to a bioeconomy development model has been evolving, conducting the scientific
community to investigate new ways of producing chemicals, materials and fuels from …

Biodegradability and plasticizing effect of yerba mate extract on cassava starch edible films

CM Jaramillo, TJ Gutiérrez, S Goyanes, C Bernal… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodegradable and edible cassava starch-glycerol based films with different concentrations
of yerba mate extract (0, 5 and 20 wt.%) were prepared by casting. The plasticizing effect of …

Starch-based nano-biocomposites

F Xie, E Pollet, PJ Halley, L Avérous - Progress in polymer science, 2013 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen the development of green materials, which intends to reduce the
human impact on the environment. Green polymers are obviously tendency subset of this …

Effect of glycerol and corn oil on physicochemical properties of polysaccharide films–A comparative study

MA Cerqueira, BWS Souza, JA Teixeira, AA Vicente - Food hydrocolloids, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of glycerol and corn oil on
physicochemical properties of polysaccharide-based films. The polysaccharides used were …

Fabrication and properties of polyvinyl alcohol/starch blend films: Effect of composition and humidity

H Tian, J Yan, AV Rajulu, A Xiang, X Luo - International journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) blend films with different compositions were
prepared by melt processing. The effect of the composition and relative humidity (RH) on the …

Biodegradable multiphase systems based on plasticized starch: a review

L Averous - Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part C: Polymer …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review is to show the relationships between the structure, the process, and
the properties of biodegradable multiphase systems based on plasticized starch (PLS), the …

Green nanocomposites based on thermoplastic starch and steam exploded cellulose nanofibrils from wheat straw

A Kaushik, M Singh, G Verma - Carbohydrate polymers, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective was to characterize the properties of cellulose nanofibril/TPS based
nanocomposites. The cellulose nanofibrils were extracted from wheat straw using steam …