Starch Plastic Packaging and Agriculture Applications

Glenn, Gregory M.; Orts, William J.; Imam, Syed H.; Chiou, Bor‐Sen; Wood, Delilah F.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-53730-0.00032-4

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“…Starch products are food sources for microorganisms in determined environment conditions, as elevated humidity (~55–60% RH), in the presence of satisfactory oxygen feedstock, and suitable temperatures to make the biodegradation easy [136,137]. In addition, starch hydrophilicity creates materials with a poor water barrier [138]. At a modest or elevated relative humidity, starch-based substances tend to soak up moisture from the environment.…”

Section: Bio-based Matrices For Packaging Applicationsmentioning

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Bio- and Fossil-Based Polymeric Blends and Nanocomposites for Packaging: Structure–Property Relationship

2019

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In the present review, the possibilities for blending of commodities and bio-based and/or biodegradable polymers for packaging purposes has been considered, limiting the analysis to this class of materials without considering blends where both components have a bio-based composition or origin. The production of blends with synthetic polymeric materials is among the strategies to modulate the main characteristics of biodegradable polymeric materials, altering disintegrability rates and decreasing the final cost of different products. Special emphasis has been given to blends functional behavior in the frame of packaging application (compostability, gas/water/light barrier properties, migration, antioxidant performance). In addition, to better analyze the presence of nanosized ingredients on the overall behavior of a nanocomposite system composed of synthetic polymers, combined with biodegradable and/or bio-based plastics, the nature and effect of the inclusion of bio-based nanofillers has been investigated.

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Section: Bio-based Matrices For Packaging Applicationsmentioning

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Bio- and Fossil-Based Polymeric Blends and Nanocomposites for Packaging: Structure–Property Relationship

2019

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“…Two types of plasticizers are usually used and combined with starch: a volatile plasticizer, mainly water, which also acts as a destructuring agent, and a non-volatile plasticizer such as polyols (sorbitol, glycerol) [7]. TPS shows great potential for short term applications e.g., agricultural mulch films and packaging [7,8,9,10]. Nevertheless, TPS still exhibits multiple shortcomings that limit its usage, such as weak mechanical properties compared to conventional thermoplastics, long post-processing aging before stabilizing, and high water sensitivity [11,12].…”

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Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Potato Starch/Halloysite Nano-Biocomposites: Effect of Plasticizer Nature and Nanoclay Content

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Nano-biocomposites based on halloysite nanoclay and potato starch were elaborated by melt blending with different polyol plasticizers such as glycerol, sorbitol or a mixture of both. The effects of the type of plasticizer and clay content on potato starch/halloysite nano-biocomposites were studied. SEM analyses combined with ATR-FTIR results showed that a high content of sorbitol had a negative effect on the dispersion of the halloysite nanoclay in the starchy matrix. XRD results demonstrated that incorporation of halloysite nanoclay into glycerol-plasticized starch systems clearly led to the formation of a new crystalline structure. The addition of halloysite nanoclay improved the thermal stability and decreased the moisture absorption of the nano-biocomposites, whatever the type of plasticizer used. Halloysite addition led to more pronounced improvement in mechanical properties for glycerol plasticized system compared to nanocomposites based on sorbitol and glycerol/sorbitol systems with a 47% increase in tensile strength for glycerol-plasticized starch compared to 10.5% and 11% for sorbitol and glycerol/sorbitol systems, respectively. The use of a mixture of polyols was found to be a promising way to optimize the mechanical properties of these starch-based nanocomposites.

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“…Starch is one of the most promising biopolymers to replace synthetic polymers in packaging applications due to its availability, renewability and ease of chemical modification (Lu, Xiao, & Xu, 2009;Sweedman, Tizzotti, Schäfer, & Gilbert, 2013;Tharanathan, 2005). Starch-based materials are currently used in daily life in food and nonfood applications such as wrappings, mulch films, bags, paper laminations, blow-molded bottles, boxes, cutlery and trays (Glenn, Orts, Imam, Chiou, & Wood, 2014;Tang, Kumar, Alavi, & Sandeep, 2012). However, the application of starch as a major component of primary or stand-alone packaging has some major limitations due to its inherent brittleness, weak moisture resistance and sensitivity to environmental relative humidity (Averous, Moro, Dole, & Fringant, 2000;Thunwall, Kuthanová, Boldizar, & Rigdahl, 2008).…”

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Flexible starch-polyurethane films: Effect of mixed macrodiol polyurethane ionomers on physicochemical characteristics and hydrophobicity

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Carbohydrate Polymers

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Starch Plastic Packaging and Agriculture Applications

Cited by 19 publications

References 99 publications

Bio- and Fossil-Based Polymeric Blends and Nanocomposites for Packaging: Structure–Property Relationship

Bio- and Fossil-Based Polymeric Blends and Nanocomposites for Packaging: Structure–Property Relationship

Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Potato Starch/Halloysite Nano-Biocomposites: Effect of Plasticizer Nature and Nanoclay Content

Flexible starch-polyurethane films: Effect of mixed macrodiol polyurethane ionomers on physicochemical characteristics and hydrophobicity

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