Thermoplastic starch: Current development and future trends

Journal of Renewable Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-106

  Xie, Fengwei ^a   Luckman, Paul ^a   Milne, John ^a   McDonald, Lachlan ^a   Young, Conor ^a   Tu, Chen Yang ^a   Di Pasquale, Teo ^a   Faveere, Reinhard ^a   Halley, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Plasticization; Starch structure; Thermal processing; Thermoplastic starch

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOPOLYMERS; EXTRUSION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT; PLASTICIZATION; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; STARCH STRUCTURE; STARCH-BASED MATERIALS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH;

STARCH;

EID: 84940452784     PISSN: 21646325     EISSN: 21646341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7569/JRM.2014.634104     Document Type: Review

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