Consumer trends towards environmentally friendly products are driving plastics industries to
investigate more benign alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. In the case of adhesives …

Today, packaging plays a crucial role in maintaining the quality of products during uses by
providing safeguarding against physical, chemical and environmental challenges. While …

Formaldehyde-free, water-resistant, and environmentally friendly wood adhesives were
prepared from starches via a simple one-step epoxidation reaction followed by cross-linking …

As a renewable biomass product, starch is a fantastic source for preparing various advanced
carbon materials. But starch shows poor thermal stability. Its original spherical morphology …

An integrated biorefinery approach using spent industrial ginger waste for resource recovery
is reported. Valuable products including ginger oil, starch, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) …

Pomegranate peel extract (PPE) hydrogel films filled with citric acid (CA) and β-cyclodextrin-
carboxymethyl tapioca starch (CMS) were designed mainly to prevent wound infections and …

Increasing global energy crisis and scarcity of petroleum resources has shifted focus of
chemical industries to look for alternative raw material resources. The main focus of raw …

A straightforward process that enabled electrospinning of bioactive starch-based nanofiber
scaffolds was developed by utilizing starch derived nano graphene oxide (nGO) as a …

In situ cross-linked corn starch is used as a binder in silicon (Si) composite anodes for
enhancing the cycling stability of lithium-ion batteries. The corn starch binder is in situ cross …

With crude oil reserves dwindling, the hunt for a sustainable alternative feedstock for fuels
and materials for our society continues to expand. The biorefinery concept has enjoyed both …