1. Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites.
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Gamage, Ashoka, Thiviya, Punniamoorthy, Mani, Sudhagar, Ponnusamy, Prabaharan Graceraj, Manamperi, Asanga, Evon, Philippe, Merah, Othmane, and Madhujith, Terrence
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BIODEGRADABLE nanoparticles , *CHITIN , *BIOPOLYMERS , *POLYMERIC nanocomposites , *ENVIRONMENTAL remediation , *SUSTAINABILITY , *NATURAL resources , *NANOCOMPOSITE materials - Abstract
In recent years, the demand for environmental sustainability has caused a great interest in finding novel polymer materials from natural resources that are both biodegradable and eco-friendly. Natural biodegradable polymers can displace the usage of petroleum-based synthetic polymers due to their renewability, low toxicity, low costs, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. The development of novel starch-based bionanocomposites with improved properties has drawn specific attention recently in many applications, including food, agriculture, packaging, environmental remediation, textile, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and biomedical fields. This paper discusses starch-based nanocomposites, mainly with nanocellulose, chitin nanoparticles, nanoclay, and carbon-based materials, and their applications in the agriculture, packaging, biomedical, and environment fields. This paper also focused on the lifecycle analysis and degradation of various starch-based nanocomposites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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