Mechanical, barrier and morphological properties of starch nanocrystals-reinforced pea starch films

X Li, C Qiu, N Ji, C Sun, L Xiong, Q Sun - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
To characterize the pea starch films reinforced with waxy maize starch nanocrystals, the
mechanical, water vapor barrier and morphological properties of the composite films were …

Characterization of edible corn starch nanocomposite films: The effect of self‐assembled starch nanoparticles

C Liu, S Jiang, S Zhang, T Xi, Q Sun, L Xiong - Starch‐Stärke, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Corn starch nanocomposite films with varying concentrations (0–25%) of starch
nanoparticles (SNPs) were obtained with the solution casting method. The scanning …

Physicochemical properties of starch nanocomposite films enhanced by self-assembled potato starch nanoparticles

S Jiang, C Liu, X Wang, L Xiong, Q Sun - LWT-Food Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to enhance the physicochemical properties of pea starch-
based nanocomposite films by incorporating with different levels of potato starch …

Developing self-assembled starch nanoparticles in starch nanocomposite films

M Fazeli, J Lipponen - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Starch nanoparticles (SNPs) are synthesized by different precipitation techniques using corn
starch, and SNP films are prepared by the evaporation casting method. The morphological …

Acetylated rice starch nanocrystals improved the physical, mechanical, and structural properties of native rice starch based films

F Yang, Y Wei, H Xiao, Q Zhang, J Li, Q Lin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice starch nanocrystals (SNC) and acetylated rice starch nanocrystals (ASNC) with three
different substitution degrees (DS) for 0.22 (ASNCa), 0.56 (ASNCb), and 0.83 (ASNCc) …

Preparation and properties of starch nanocrystals/carboxymethyl chitosan nanocomposite films

B Duan, P Sun, X Wang, C Yang - Starch‐Stärke, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Waxy maize starch was hydrolyzed with sulfuric acid in aqueous solution. The remaining
starch granules after acid hydrolysis were characterized by TEM and wide‐angle XRD …

Nanocomposite films from mango kernel or corn starch with starch nanocrystals

AV Oliveira, APM Da Silva, MO Barros… - Starch …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mango kernels are used for the first time as a source of both starch and starch nanocrystals
(SNC) for bionanocomposite films. The starch yield was 38.5%, whereas the SNC yield (from …

Effects of chitin nano-whiskers on the antibacterial and physicochemical properties of maize starch films

Y Qin, S Zhang, J Yu, J Yang, L Xiong, Q Sun - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of chitin nano-whiskers (CNWs) on the antibacterial and
physiochemical properties of maize starch–based films. The microstructures, crystalline …

Characterisation of corn starch-based films reinforced with taro starch nanoparticles

L Dai, C Qiu, L Xiong, Q Sun - Food chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Taro starch nanoparticles (TSNPs) obtained by hydrolysis with pullulanase and the
recrystallisation of gelatinised starch were used as reinforcing agents in corn starch films …

Effects of amadumbe starch nanocrystals on the physicochemical properties of starch biocomposite films

AR Mukurumbira, JJ Mellem, EO Amonsou - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of amadumbe starch nanocrystals (SNCs) at varying concentrations (2.5, 5
and 10%) on the physicochemical properties of biocomposite films prepared using two …