Thermoplastic Starch Processing and Characteristics-A Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1353-1370

  Zhang, Yachuan ^a   Rempel, Curtis ^b   Liu, Qiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Canola Council of Canada   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradable packaging; biopolymers; plasticization; starch based bioplastics

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

BIO-PLASTICS; BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; MONOLAYER MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLASTICIZATION; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

PLASTICIZER; POLYMER; STARCH; WATER;

CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOOD HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CANADA; FOOD HANDLING; PERMEABILITY; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84894328873     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.636156     Document Type: Article

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