[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in sustainable arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea Linn) starch biopolymers, fibres, biopolymer composites and their potential industrial …

J Tarique, SM Sapuan, A Khalina, SFK Sherwani… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Raising environmental awareness had forced researchers to explore the potential and
implementation of environmentally friendly materials as alternatives for conventional …

Progress in starch-based materials for food packaging applications

L García-Guzmán, G Cabrera-Barjas… - Polysaccharides, 2022 - mdpi.com
The food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand
for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials …

Biodegradable and water resistant poly (vinyl) alcohol (PVA)/starch (ST)/glycerol (GL)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposite films for sustainable food packaging

ZW Abdullah, Y Dong - Frontiers in materials, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As a novel biodegradable material, poly (vinyl) alcohol (PVA)/starch (ST)/glycerol
(GL)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposite films were prepared by solution casting at …

[HTML][HTML] Physical characterization and antibacterial activity of PVA/Chitosan matrix doped by selenium nanoparticles prepared via one-pot laser ablation route

AA Menazea, AM Ismail, NS Awwad… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Blend of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Chitosan doped by selenium nanoparticles was
synthesized via one step laser ablation route to improve the antibacterial activity of the pure …

Applications of starch biopolymers for a sustainable modern agriculture

A Gamage, A Liyanapathiranage, A Manamperi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Protected cultivation in modern agriculture relies extensively on plastic-originated mulch
films, nets, packaging, piping, silage, and various applications. Polyolefins synthesized from …

PVA, PVA blends, and their nanocomposites for biodegradable packaging application

ZW Abdullah, Y Dong, IJ Davies… - … Plastics Technology and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This review exclusively addresses material systems primarily based on poly (vinyl
alcohol)(PVA), one of the most popular water-soluble biopolymers, for their use in packaging …

Effect of polymer blending on mechanical and barrier properties of starch-polyvinyl alcohol based biodegradable composite films

S Patil, AK Bharimalla, A Mahapatra, J Dhakane-Lad… - Food Bioscience, 2021 - Elsevier
The study was aimed to improve the properties of starch-based biodegradable films by the
way of polymer blending. The composite films were prepared by incorporating various …

Highly efficient and selective removal of anionic dyes from aqueous solutions using magneto-responsive Fe-aminoclay/Fe2O3/polyvinyl alcohol composite microgels

E Wi, S Go, SY Shin, HJ Cheon, G Jeong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, magneto-responsive iron-aminoclay/iron oxide/polyvinyl alcohol (Fe-AC/Fe 2 O
3/PVA) composite microgels were successfully fabricated via a Schiff-base and acetalization …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and electrical properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA): Methyl cellulose (MC) based solid polymer blend electrolytes inserted with sodium iodide (NaI) …

AM Abdullah, SB Aziz, SR Saeed - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper studies the structural and electrical properties of solid polymer blend electrolytes
based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and methylcellulose (MC) incorporated with sodium iodide …

Nanocellulose reinforced corn starch-based biocomposite films: Composite optimization, characterization and storage studies

S Patil, AK Bharimalla, V Nadanathangam… - Food Packaging and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nanocellulose (NC) synthesized from cotton linters was used as a reinforcement to
develop biocomposite films with improved functionality. The starch films incorporated with …