Starch-based nanocomposites

Starches: Characterization, Properties, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 205-251

  Medeiros, Eliton S ^a   Dufresne, Alain ^b   Orts, William J ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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