Lluis Plasencia

Development of Sustainable Thermoplastic Zein by Partial Substitution of Glycerol with Olive Oil or Oleic Acid: a New Route for Injection-Molded Biopolymers

Thermoplastic zein formulations containing 25 wt% total modifier were processed by extrusion and injection molding. Glycerol was progressively replaced with oleic acid (OA) or olive oil (OO) at substitution levels ranging from 2.5 to 10 wt%, while maintaining the zein and total m...