Improving the barrier and mechanical properties of corn starch-based edible films: Effect of citric acid and carboxymethyl cellulose

By B. Ghanbarzadeh, H. Almasi, Alireza Entezami. 2011

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Corn and Rice Starch-Based Bio-Plastics as Alternative Packaging Materials (2019, background): “[25] investigated the films produced from pure starch and concluded that these films were brittle and difficult to handle.”
Starch Based Bio-Plastics: The Future of Sustainable Packaging (2018, background): “The addition of CMC improved the moisture resistance of the composites [71].”
Development and characterization of a novel biodegradable edible film obtained from psyllium seed (Plantago ovata Forsk) (2012, background): “In recent years, many researchers focused on producing edible films based on biopolymers like polysaccharides, proteins, and fats (Andreuccetti et al., 2011; Ghanbarzadeh et al., 2011).”
Strength and Barrier Enhancements of Cellophane and Cellulose Derivative Films: A Review (2013, unknown): “Sometimes the interaction between CMC and the copolymer(s) is identified as cross-linking, such as dialdehyde-CMC (DCMC) in gelatin-based films (Mu et al. 2012) or CMC in starch films (Ghanbarzadeh et al. 2011; Li et al. 2008).”
PVA, PVA Blends, and Their Nanocomposites for Biodegradable Packaging Application (2017, background): “Polymeric materials have been used in recent history as a replacement for metals, glass and ceramics in packaging applications owing to their remarkable properties[4-6].”