The case of plasticized starch-based nanobiocomposites

Nanobiocomposites are a specific class of nanocomposites [AVE 11, BOR 09a, CHI 09]. They are hybrid materials comprising fillers of nanometric size 

According to the existing literatnre, two main families of nanoparticles have tended to be incorporated into plasticized starch to form nanobiocomposites  

1) nanofillers based on polysaccharides snch as cellnlose whiskers or starch nanocrystals  

2) nanoclays (MMT, sepiolite, etc.), either natural or organically modified [CHI 10 a, b, c]. 

Other nanofillers have been tested, snch as carbon nanotubes, but in a less concerted maimer. 

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