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Effect of different surface properties of nanosilica on retrogradation behavior and structures of thermoplastic cassava starch

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Thermoplastic cassava starch (TPS) /nanosilica (nano-SiO2) composites were prepared by adding different surface properties of nanosilica. The effect of different surface properties of nano-SiO2 on the retrogradation kinetics, morphology, spherulites size, molecular interactions, short-range molecular structure and crystal type of TPS was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light microscopy (PLM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and 13C NMR. The results indicated that the retrogradation degree and rate of TPS containing hydrophobic nano-SiO2 were higher than that of hydrophilic nano-SiO2, and the spherulites were clearer. Hydrophobic nano-SiO2 could uniformly disperse in starch matrix. V-type crystal formed after adding hydrophilic nano-SiO2, and A + V types after adding hydrophobic nano-SiO2. The crystallinity of TPS adding hydrophobic nano-SiO2 was higher than that of hydrophilic nano-SiO2, but the crystal size and interplanar spacing were smaller. Hydrophobic nano-SiO2 could promote the formations of double helix structure and the ordered molecular structure.

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The authors would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51663002) and the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2017GXNSFAA198083 and 2020GXNSFAA159113).

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    Yu-Xin Liu, Ze-Sheng Liang, Jia-Neng Liang & Liang-Yan Liao

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Liu, YX., Liang, ZS., Liang, JN. et al. Effect of different surface properties of nanosilica on retrogradation behavior and structures of thermoplastic cassava starch. J Polym Res 28, 147 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-021-02507-z

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