Current Progress on Biodegradable Materials Based on Plasticized Starch

Laurent Bélard; Patrice Dole; Luc Avérous

doi:10.1071/CH05044

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Current Progress on Biodegradable Materials Based on Plasticized Starch

Laurent Bélard ^A , Patrice Dole ^A and Luc Avérous ^B ^C

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^A UMR, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Fractionnement des Agroressources et Emballage (FARE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.

^B Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Polymères pour les Hautes Technologies, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM-LIPHT), Université Louis Pasteur, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.

^C Corresponding author. Email: AverousL@ecpm.u-strasbg.fr

Australian Journal of Chemistry 58(6) 457-460 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH05044
Submitted: 10 February 2005 Accepted: 26 April 2005 Published: 14 June 2005

Abstract

This paper presents some current progress on biodegradable materials that are based on plasticized starch (PLS). To improve the hydrophobic character of the material for packaging applications, for example, a recent and promising development based on a PLS–biopolyester (e.g. polycaprolactone) blend with plasma-coated SiO_x is presented. PLS–biopolyester blends can show, under certain processing conditions, a pseudo-multilayer structure with a polyester skin that allows good adhesion of SiO_x deposits. XPS and FTIR-ATR determinations are used to assess the outer surface.

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