Technological advances have led to increased constraints regarding food packaging, mainly
due to environmental issues, consumer health concerns, and economic restrictions …

Starch is the second most abundantly available natural polymer in the world, after cellulose.
If we add its biodegradability and non-toxicity to the natural environment, it becomes a raw …

A series of cationic starch derivatives were synthesized by grafting cationic moiety such as
glycidyl octyl dimethylammonium chloride (GODAC), glycidyl dodecyl dimethylammonium …

Non-biodegradable single use packaging are a serious environmental problem as it
generates large amounts of waste and is generally not recycled. These packages, especially …

A normal temperature cured starch-based wood adhesive was prepared using dry method
esterification and polyisocyanate prepolymer crosslinking. The effects of esterification and …

Recently, metal derivatives of starch evoked considerable interest. Such metal derivatives
can take a form of starch compounds bearing metal atoms and metal carrying moieties either …

Zincatated potato starch was prepared in a solid-state, microwave-assisted reaction using
generated in situ sodium tetrahydroxozincate [Na2Zn (OH) 4]. For comparison, zincatation of …

This study presents a review of recent studies on starch-filled NR latex composites. Starch is
a renewable source of material for fillers in NR latex compounding to obtain composites with …

Oxalic acid, a strong dicarbonic acid mainly come from starch, was used to esterify
gelatinized corn starch under nonaqueous conditions to give a material with degrees of …

Application of microwave irradiation for the silication of granular potato starch with silicic
acid, and the properties of silicated starch were investigated. Potato starch was esterified on …