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Long Yu, Speaker at Catalysis and Green Chemistry Congress
Institute of Chemistry, Henan Academy of Sciences, China
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.

Biography:

Prof L Yu is currently Principal Scientist, Institute of Chemistry, Henan Academy of Sciences, and Professor in South China University and Technology. Former Director of Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, He received his PhD from Monash University, Australia. He used to work in CSIRO, Australia as Principal Scientist for 18 years. He has had more than 180 papers published and citation time is more than 15000 (h-index 59). He has been selected as a Fellow of Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 2002, and currently been pointed as Editorial Board of 8 journals. He has chaired many international conferences and given many plenary/keynote/invited talks.

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