Effect of cellulose fibers on the crystallinity and mechanical properties of starch-based films at different relative humidity values

By C. Müller, J. Laurindo, F. Yamashita. 2009

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Subfields: Biomaterials

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Citations in the corpus

• Development and characterization of composite edible films based on sodium alginate and pectin (2013, background): “Consequently, both equilibrium properties and kinetics of water transport through the packaging material are of great importance (Muller et al., 2009).”
• Edible and Biodegradable Starch Films: A Review (2012, methodology): “However, Müller et al. (2009a) demonstrated that films with cellulose fibers were more crystalline and had higher tensile strength and rigidity, although the addition of these fibers increased the stability of starchbased films submitted to relative humidity variations, solving the problem…”
• Structure and properties of nanocomposite films based on sodium caseinate and nanocellulose fibers (2011, background): “Summarizing, the advantages of nanocomposite materials, compared with conventional composites, are their superior thermal, mechanical and barrier properties even at very low reinforcement content (<5 wt%), added to a better recyclability and low weight (Oksman et al., 2006). In this perspective, it ”
• Studies of the processing and characterization of corn starch and its composites with banana and sugarcane fibers from Brazil. (2010, methodology): “An initial linear behavior was observed (Müller et al., 2009) in the stress–strain curves of composites of cassava starch plasticized with 30% of glycerol containing different amounts of cellulose fibers for 58% and 75% RH, with % elongation at break values for the matrix (starch + 30% plasticizer)…”
• Lignocellulosic agriculture wastes as biomass feedstocks for second-generation bioethanol production: concepts and recent developments (2014, methodology): “These include differential scanning colorimetry (DSC), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), contact angle measurements and water uptake Carmen et al. (2009).”