Title : Development of starch-based materials and applications
Abstract:
This presentation will introduce our achievements in developing starch-based materials, including both fundamental issues like gelatinization, phase transition, chemical and physical modifications and application challenges like weaker mechanical properties, moisture sensitivity and instability. Based on the natural behaviors and modifications of starches we have developed and commercialized various starch-based materials, including disposable and edible products like edible film and medical capsules, various packaging trays and foams. The new directions will be discussed based on our achievements and experience.
Audience Take Away:
- Audiences will be able to use these new scientific knowledges in their job. For example, various phase transition during thermal processing starch, including gelatinization, retrogradation, degradation and decomposition would also happen in other polysaccharides or polymers containing hydroxyl groups.
- Since this presentation discussed both fundamental scientific issues and application challenges audiences would benefit from the results in their job in either way.
- Other faculties could use the results in this presentation to expand their research or teaching in different natural polymers, especially starch, cellulous and other polysaccharides.
- The achievements, in particular reducing moisture sensitivity of starch-based materials provide a practical solution to the well-recognized problem of natural polymers containing hydroxyl groups.