Cassava starch is in high demand due to its availability, low-cost and unique functional
features. Cassava starch modification is required to create new techno-functionalities for …

Alginates have become an extremely important family of polysaccharides because of their
utility in preparing hydrogels at mild pH and temperature conditions, suitable for sensitive …

Cassava starch was cross‐linked with epichlorohydrin (EPI) at 45° C for 2 h in three different
media which include water, water in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst (PTC) and N …

The adsorption of condensed tannins (procyanidins) of varying degrees of polymerisation
and percentage of galloylation on solid polysaccharides substrates was quantified using the …

Increasing demands in minimization of fire risks and meeting fire safety requirements by
polymers require advances in knowledge of flame-retardant materials suitable for use in fire …

Potato starch was crosslinked with 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 g epichlorohydrin per 100g of starch
and some physicochemical characteristics of the starch were determined. Starch-filled linear …

Cell encapsulation in microcapsules allows the in situ delivery of secreted proteins to treat
different pathological conditions. Spherical microcapsules offer optimal surface‐to‐volume …

: Rice starch was cross-linked with epichlorohydrin (0.3%, w/w, on a dry starch basis) and
oxidized with sodium hypochlorite (2.5% w/w), respectively. Two dual-modified rice starch …

This study is focused on enhancing the stability of mechanical and chemical properties of
thermoplastic starch (TPS) by dual crosslinking strategy through melt processing conditions …

This study reports the preparation of starch-based tableted microspheres that are
crosslinked with epichlorohydrin (EPI) using a modified water-in-oil (w/o) emulsification …