The aim of this review is to discuss the recent developments in thermoplastic starch blends.
Starch has been considered as an excellent candidate to partially substitute synthetic …

The blending of thermoplastic starch (TPS) with other biodegradable polyesters such as
polyesteramide could be an interesting way to produce new biodegradable starch‐based …

Single-use plastic packaging has become an inevitable part of every aspect of human life. In
fact, the increase in the consumption of petroleum-based single-use plastics has resulted in …

Environmental pollution by synthetic polymers is a global problem and investigating
substitutes for synthetic polymers is a major research area. Starch can be used in …

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) polymers were reviewed in this article. This review was
categorized into the following studies: the role of starch as a thermoplastic polymer …

Biodegradable polymers play a very important role in plastic engineering by replacing non
biodegradable, non renewable petrol based polymers. Starch is a renewable …

Polystyrene/thermoplastic starch blends from 90/10 to 50/50 (w/w) were prepared by melt
blending. Blends were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (morphology); …

Starch is a biodegradable biopolymer, a sustainable material that can replace conventional
petrochemical-based plastics. However, starch has some limitations, as it must be …

Starch, one of the most inexpensive and most readily available of all natural polymers, can
be processed into thermoplastic materials only in the presence of plasticizers and under the …

This first book on this new green material collates all the information hitherto scattered in
journal articles and on websites, thus meeting the application-oriented needs of the reader …