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Blending of phthalated starch and surface functionalized rice husk extracted nanosilica with LDPE towards developing an efficient packaging substitute

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Published in 2019 at "Environmental Science and Pollution Research"

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06430-1

Abstract: Starch was transformed to hydrophobic starch phthalate (contact angle 109°) in order to achieve a good dispersion in LDPE matrix. Nanosilica derived from rice husk after aminopropyltrimethoxysilane functionalization was also incorporated into the blend as… read more here.

Keywords: starch phthalate; ldpe; rice husk; starch ... See more keywords