Starch: Major sources, properties and applications as thermoplastic materials

Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 321-342

  Carvalho, Antonio J F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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