Biodegradable starch-based composites: effect of micro and nanoreinforcements on composite properties

• Main Authors: Karimi, Samaneh, Dufresne, Alain, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Karimi, Ali, Abdulkhani, Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36650/1/Biodegradable%20starch.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36650/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10853-014-8151-1

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) matrix was reinforced with various kenaf bast cellulose nanofiber loadings (0–10 wt%). Thin films were prepared by casting and evaporating the mixture of aqueous suspension of nanofibers (NFs), starch, and glycerol which underwent gelatinization process at the same time. M...