Study on the effect of co‐plasticization of post‐industrial starch for high‐impact thermoplastic starch development

Abstract

Abstract This study analyzed the effect of employing plasticized or co‐plasticized post‐industrial starch in developing PBAT‐based thermoplastic starch (TPS) blends. In this work, the post‐industrial wheat starch was co‐plasticized with glycerol‐urea, glycerol‐citric acid, and glycerol‐succinic anhydride, and then melt‐extruded with PBAT to develop the TPS blends. The effect of co‐plasticization was investigated by analyzing the TPS blends' …