Starch Polymers

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Starch polymers - from the field to industrial products (Peter Halley, and Luc Averous) 2. STARCH GENETICS 2.1. Genetically modified starch: state of art and perspectives (Matthew Morell) 2.2. Structure-properties relationships for genetically modified starch (Peter Halley, and Ihwa Tan) 3. NOVEL STARCH MODIFIED BY BIOTECHNOLOGY 3.1. Starch modification by biotechnology: state of art and perspectives (Richard G.F. Visser, and Luisa Trindade) 3.2. The application of enzymes involved in starch derivatization: recent developments (Carmen Boeriu) 4. NOVEL STARCH MODIFIED BY CHEMISTRY 4.1. Chemically modified Starch to develop novel materials: state of art and perspectives (Ken Mcnaught) 4.2.Starch modification (Atanu Biswas, and J.L.Willett) 5. STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES OF NOVEL STARCH-BASED MATERIALS 5.1. Structure-Properties of starch-based blends and micro/nanocomposites: state of art and perspectives (Rowan Truss, Celine Chaleat, and Peter Halley) 5.2. Nano-biocomposites based on plasticized starch: state of art and perspectives (Luc Averous, and Eric Pollet) 5.3. Processing and long term properties of starch polymers and blends (Fengwei Xie, Rowan Truss, Peter Halley, and Celine Chaleat) 6.NOVEL CHARACTERISATION METHODS 6.1. Characterization methods for starch-based materials: state of art and perspectives (Robert Gilbert) 6.2.Starch NMR (Mike Gidley) 7. NOVEL PROCESSING 7.1. Processing of plasticized starch-based materials: state of art and perspectives (Long Yu, Fengwei Xie, and Peng Liu) 7.2. Reactive extrusion for thermoplastic starch polymer blends (Peter Halley, and Raju Maliger) 8. DEGRADATION AND BIODEGRADATION 8.1. Degradation and biodegradation standards for starch-based materials (Joe Greene) 8.2. Effect of the formulation, structure and processing on biodegradation (Katherine Dean) 9. APPLICATIONS 9.1. Starch applications: state of market and new trends (Peter Halley, and Bronwyn Laycock) 9.2. Starch plastics packaging

Professor Peter Halley is a leading international expert in bio-based polymers and translational polymer research. His initial work on Australia's first biodegradable thermoplastic starch polymers led to the establishment of spin-off company Plantic Technologies, venture financing, sales of commercially-viable products and a continued research provider relationship with Plantic. Professor Halley has led translational research projects in biopolymers and biofluid platforms for agrifood, biomedical and high-value manufacturing sectors which have attracted both government and industry funding; and produced patents, licences and new industrial know-how. Professor Halley is a fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). He is on the editorial board of four journals. Professor Luc Avérous is a leading international expert in bio-based and/or biodegradable polymers. He started working on thermoplastic starch in 1996 to develop biodegradable packaging. During the two last decades, his major research projects have dealt with biobased and/or biodegradable polymers for environmental and biomedical applications. On these topics, he has published hundreds of scientific communications (articles, books chapters, patents and proceeding papers) with more than 2500 citations, thanks to strong collaborations with foreign labs and international companies. He is on the editorial board of more than ten journals. He has recently co-published 2 books (2011 and 2012).