EEMB 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bioplastic, Hydrophile, Neurology
8 Feb 2018
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Week 1: discussion section assignment (reducing plant blindness) F. , gandolfi, o. r. r. , rodrigues, l. b. , santos, l. s. , pires, a. c. , Oliveira, c. p. , fontan, r. c. i. , and veloso, c. m. 2017. Characterization of starch-based bioplastics from jackfruit seed plasticized with glycerol. Abstract: biodegradable films based on starches from different botanical sources exhibited physicochemical and functional properties which were related with the starch characteristics. However, had inadequate mechanical properties and were hard and brittle. In this research, jackfruit seed starch plasticized with glycerol were developed and characterized. The starch and glycerol concentrations ranged from 2 to 6% w/w and 20 to 60 g/100 g starch, respectively. Bioplastics were obtained by the casting method and characterized in terms of color, mechanical properties, solubility, water vapor permeability (wvp), morphology and free energy of the hydrophobic interaction. Electronic micrographics showed the presence of some intact starch granules.
