Centre for High Performance Polymers - UQ reSEARCHers (Publications)

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1999	Yu, L, Christie, G, Gray, J, Dutt, U, Harvey, T, Halley, P, Coombs, S, Jayasekara, R and Lonergan, G (1999). Effect of additives on gelatinization, rheological properties and biodegradability of thermoplastic starch. In: , Degradability, Renewability and Recycling: Key Functions for Future Materials. International Scientific Workshop on biodegradable Plastics and Polymers, Stockholm, Sweden, (371-374). 9-13 June 1998.
	Effect of additives on the starch gelatinization was governed by the processing conditions. The order-disorder transition of starch in water can occur in more than one way and the effect of polar additives on gelatinization can also be in more than one way. The additives appear to be plasticising thermoplastic starches, resulting in improving rheological properties. The thermoplastic starches with the additives are all biodegradable although the rates of biodegradability are slightly different.
	Mr Stephen Coombs, Professor Peter Halley
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Keywords:	Polymer Science, Moisture