Organically Modified Layered Silicate Reinforced Thermoplastic Starch TPS Nanocomposites

3 Organically Modified Layered Silicate Reinforced Thermoplastic Starch (TPS) Nanocomposites 

Starch is the main form of stored carbohydrate in plants. Starch is composed of a mixture of linear polysaccharide-amylose and highly branched polysaccharide-amylopectin. Both forms of starch are polymers of d-D-Glucose. A study of de Carvalho et al. on the preparation of TPS nanocomposites using nano-kaolin by melt intercalation technique in a 

Cellulose acetate (CA), cellulose acetate propionate (CAP), and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) are thermoplastic materials produced through esterification of cellulose and are used for many packaging applications. Different raw materials such as cotton, recycled paper, wood cellulose, and sugarcane are used in the production of cellulose ester biopolymers in powder form. Such cellulose ester powders in the presence of different plasticizers and additives are extruded to produce various grades of commercial cellulose plastics. Recently, Misra et al. successfully used melt intercalation technique for the fabrication of cellulose nanocomposites and studied the effect of C30B on its performance characteristics [44]. From the study, the 

XRD and TEM analysis revealed that C30B exhibited optimum exfoliation and enabled property improvements. 

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