Tapioca starch based green nanocomposites with environmental friendly cross-linker

• Main Authors: Owi, Wei Tieng, Lin, Ong Hui, Sam, Sung Ting, Villagracia, Al Rey, Santos, Gil Nonato C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Nanocomposites (Materials); Food—Packaging; Materials Science and Engineering; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3335
• Institution: De La Salle University

Starch based films have drawn considerable attention on food packaging owing to their attractive combination of price, environmental friendliness, and abundance. Nevertheless, the use of starch based films in industrial application were restricted by its poor mechanical properties and naturally intr...