Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites
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 re...
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| author | Ashoka Gamage Punniamoorthy Thiviya Sudhagar Mani Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy Asanga Manamperi Philippe Evon Othmane Merah Terrence Madhujith |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7539c1689cf488fbd3842d01d891bfa2023-11-24T06:28:30ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602022-10-011421457810.3390/polym14214578Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based NanocompositesAshoka Gamage0Punniamoorthy Thiviya1Sudhagar Mani2Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy3Asanga Manamperi4Philippe Evon5Othmane Merah6Terrence Madhujith7Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri LankaPostgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri LankaSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USASchool of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USADepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504-6214, USALaboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle (LCA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 4, 31030 Toulouse, FranceLaboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle (LCA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 4, 31030 Toulouse, FranceDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri LankaIn 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/21/4578biodegradabilitycarbon nanotubesgraphenelife cycle analysisnanocompositespackaging |
| spellingShingle | Ashoka Gamage Punniamoorthy Thiviya Sudhagar Mani Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy Asanga Manamperi Philippe Evon Othmane Merah Terrence Madhujith Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites Polymers biodegradability carbon nanotubes graphene life cycle analysis nanocomposites packaging |
| title | Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites |
| title_full | Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites |
| title_short | Environmental Properties and Applications of Biodegradable Starch-Based Nanocomposites |
| title_sort | environmental properties and applications of biodegradable starch based nanocomposites |
| topic | biodegradability carbon nanotubes graphene life cycle analysis nanocomposites packaging |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/21/4578 |
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