Contents
Preface................................................................................................................ vii
About the Editor.................................................................................................ix
Contributors........................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Trends in starch applications.................................................... 1
Andréa C. Bertolini
Chapter 2 Characterization of starch granules: An atomic force
microscopy approach................................................................ 21
Renata Antoun Simão and Beatriz Rosana Cordenunsi
Chapter 3 Starch macromolecular structure........................................... 33
Luis Arturo Bello-Perez, Sandra Leticia Rodriguez-Ambriz,
Mirna Maria Sanchez-Rivera, and Edith Agama-Acevedo
Chapter 4 Solid-state NMR applied to starch evaluation.................... 59
Maria Inês Bruno Tavares
Chapter 5 Thermal transitions of starches.............................................. 71
Paul Colonna and Alain Buleon
Chapter 6 Starch-based plastics............................................................... 103
Rossana Mara da Silva Moreira Thiré
Chapter 7 Trends in microbial amylases...............................................129
Marcia Nitschke
Chapter 8 Modified starch: Chemistry and properties....................... 145
Kerry C. Huber and James N. BeMiller
Chapter 9 Starch-based nanocomposites...............................................205
Eliton S. Medeiros, Alain Dufresne, and William J. Orts
Chapter 10 Biodegradation of starch blends...........................................253
Derval dos Santos Rosa and Cristina das Graças Fassina Guedes
Index................................................................................................................. 271