Physicochemical, water vapor barrier and mechanical properties of corn starch and chitosan composite films

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 453-463

  Garcia, María A ^a   Pinotti, Adriana ^a   Zaritzky, Noemí E ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodegradable composite films; Chitosan; Corn starch; Mechanical properties; Physicochemical properties; Water vapor permeability

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; VAPORIZATION;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE FILMS; CHITOSAN; CORN STARCH; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

BIOFILMS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748851914     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: 1521379X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.200500484     Document Type: Article

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