Unveiling the physicochemical properties of natural citrus aurantifolia crosslinked tapioca starch/nanocellulose bionanocomposites

• Main Authors: Owi, Wei Tieng, Ong, Hui Lin, Sam, Sung Ting, Villagracia, Al Rey C., Tsai, Cheng kuo, Akil, Hazizan Md
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Mexican lime; Nanocomposites (Materials); Crosslinking (Polymerization); Cassava flour; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2308; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3307/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Bionanocomposites from low cost and non-scarce resource tapioca starch (TS)-based film were synthesized for food packaging applications. Two types of crosslinkers, namely Citrus aurantifolia, also known as lime juice (LJ), and a commercialized citric acid (CA), were used one at a time with glycerol...