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Corn starch nanocomposite films reinforced with nanocellulose

  • R. M. O. Syafiq , R. A. Ilyas ORCID logo EMAIL logo , L. Rajeshkumar , Faris M. AL-Oqla , Y. Nukman , Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Zuhri ORCID logo , A. Atiqah , S. M. K. Thiagamani , Sneh Punia Bangar , Claudia Barile and Sapuan S.M. ORCID logo
From the journal Physical Sciences Reviews

Abstract

The need for flexible food packaging has increased substantially in recent years around the world due to the unprecedented growth in food consumption. Due to low cost and ease of processing, petroleum-based synthetic polymer packaging materials are being predominantly used for food packaging these days. To avoid contributing to environmental problems caused by ecological risks, consumers have been searching for alternatives to plastic food packaging due to the fact that plastics cannot be recycled and are not biodegradable. Therefore, bioplastics made from corn starch, which are biodegradable, can be one solution to these issues. The starch’s amylopectin and amylase composition has a significant impact on the polysaccharide’s characteristics. Corn starch (CS) is utilized as a food source for humans and other animals, but it also has many other applications in industry. Corn starch, on the other hand, has a few issues that need to be addressed through some modifications. Although starch-based packaging is expensive, they create less waste overall, which helps in the reduction amount of plastic pollution. A variety of natural and synthetic polymers – including polysaccharide-based materials like Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed, collagen, alginate, chitosan, zein, cellulose, gelatin, various amino acids and polymeric materials like acrylic acid, polybutylene (PB), polyacrylic acid, polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and polycaprolactone (PCL) – are used as starch modifiers to produce polymers with a starch base that are completely biodegradable. These biopolymers have the potential to replacing petroleum-based polymers in a variety of commercial and industrial settings. Besides, corn starch nanocomposite films reinforced with nanocellulose have been investigated as a potential eco-friendly packaging material. Consequently, the effects of nanocellulose content on the mechanical, thermal, and barrier properties of corn starch-based films will be discussed in this work.


Corresponding author: R. A. Ilyas, Institute of Tropical Forest and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia; Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia; and Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia, E-mail:

Award Identifier / Grant number: PY/2022/02318— Q.J130000.3851.21H99

Funding source: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE)

Award Identifier / Grant number: FRGS/1/2021/TK0/UPM/02/21

Award Identifier / Grant number: JPT (BPKI) 1000/016/018/25 (57)

Funding source: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Award Identifier / Grant number: Unassigned

Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank the editors R.A. Ilyas, S.M. Sapuan and M.N.F Norrrahim for their guidance and review of this article before its publication.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2023-04-23
Accepted: 2023-05-05
Published Online: 2023-06-15

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