Jeroen Johannes Gerardus Van Soest

TL;DR: In this article, it has been concluded that composition and processing parameters are interrelated, and that the amount of crystallized amylose is proportional to the amount in the mixture.

TL;DR: In this paper, the gelatinization and melting of granular and recrystallized starch have been studied in the presence of low and high levels of glycerol or water by differential scanning calorimetry.

TL;DR: The effect of processing temperature and time on the B-type crystallinity of thermoplastic starch was studied by recording X-ray diffractograms of conditioned, compression molded starch systems containing glycerol and water as plasticizers at a ratio of 100:30:56 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The cis-syn and trans-syn structures were found to be very rigid and similar in all three products and more conformational freedom and more variation among the three structures was observed.

TL;DR: In this article, a biodegradable, highly water-absorbing polymer based on starch or derivatives thereof is described, wherein the starch has not been chemically modified or only to a degree of substitution below 0.2, and has a water absorbing power of at least 10 times its own weight.