Components such sensors, aerospace, heat exchanger, armour, storage, automobile and
other electronics devices are continuously subjected to fluctuating thermal and mechanical …

The development of bio-based materials has been a consequence of the environmental
awareness generated over time. The versatility of native starch is a promising starting point …

This work considered the utilisation of environmentally friendly biodegradable materials
instead of conventional polymeric materials, in order to prevent further environmental …

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) materials were prepared from potato starch, deep eutectic
solvents (DES) as plasticizers [choline chloride (ChCl) with urea (U) or imidazole (IM) at …

The effects of granule disruption, the addition of glycerol and montmorillonite on the granule
structure of corn starch were investigated by proton NMR relaxation, through the T 2*, T 1 …

Montmorillonite (MMT) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) play a key role in
improving the properties of polymers. However, achieving their homogeneous dispersion …

Recently, the usage of plant-based fillers as reinforcement materials in polymer composites
have been a focus among the polymeric researches. The semi-crystalline cellulose …