Recent advances in edible polymer based hydrogels as a sustainable alternative to conventional polymers

A Ali, S Ahmed - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The over increasing demand of eco-friendly materials to counter various problems, such as
environmental issues, economics, sustainability, biodegradability, and biocompatibility …

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 …

Biodegradable and non-retrogradable eco-films based on starch–glycerol with citric acid as crosslinking agent

PG Seligra, CM Jaramillo, L Famá, S Goyanes - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodegradable and non-retrogradable starch–glycerol based films were obtained using citric
acid (CA) as crosslinking agent at 75° C. This material allowed decreasing water vapor …

Edible and biodegradable starch films: a review

A Jimenez, MJ Fabra, P Talens, A Chiralt - Food and Bioprocess …, 2012 - Springer
Mainly due to environmental aims, petroleum-based plastics are being replaced by natural
polymers. In the last decades, starch has been evaluated in its film-forming ability for …

Active and smart biodegradable packaging based on starch and natural extracts

C Medina-Jaramillo, O Ochoa-Yepes, C Bernal… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
Active and smart biodegradable films from cassava starch and glycerol with 5 wt.% of
different natural extracts such as green tea and basil were obtained by casting. Their …

A review on blending of corn starch with natural and synthetic polymers, and inorganic nanoparticles with mathematical modeling

S Tabasum, M Younas, MA Zaeem, I Majeed… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maize or corn is considered as very distinctive plant. Corn having better capability of utilizing
sun light, is a noble way of getting a natural polymer known as starch. Amylopectin and …

Preparation, characteristics, and soil-biodegradable analysis of corn starch/nanofibrillated cellulose (CS/NFC) and corn starch/nanofibrillated lignocellulose (CS/NFLC …

E Malekzadeh, A Tatari, MD Firouzabadi - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to produce high-performance and biodegradable starch
nanocomposites through film casting by using corn starch/nanofibrillated cellulose (CS/NFC) …

Edible polymers: challenges and opportunities

SC Shit, PM Shah - Journal of Polymers, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Edible polymers have established substantial deliberation in modern eons because of their
benefits comprising use as edible materials over synthetic polymers. This could contribute to …