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Sugar Palm Starch-Based Composites for Packaging Applications

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Non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastics are still the most dominant material used by the food industry for packaging applications. Consequently, the widespread usage of these conventional plastics has led to serious negative environmental impacts. Numerous studies were conducted over the years to substitute these packaging plastics with eco-friendly materials in order to arrest the ongoing plastic waste disposal problems. Against this background, the current chapter presents a review of recent works on sugar palm starch-based films and different modification techniques employed to improve their performance as effective biopackaging material.

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  1. Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. L. Sanyang, R. A. Ilyas & S. M. Sapuan

  2. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

    S. M. Sapuan & R. Jumaidin

  3. Department of Structure and Material, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, 76100, Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Malaysia

    R. Jumaidin

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Sanyang, M.L., Ilyas, R.A., Sapuan, S.M., Jumaidin, R. (2018). Sugar Palm Starch-Based Composites for Packaging Applications. In: Jawaid, M., Swain, S. (eds) Bionanocomposites for Packaging Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67319-6_7

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