M. Hakkı Alma Author

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Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy: Pancreatic Cancer awareness for better self -management

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M. Hakkı Alma

A growing public interest on the environment due to the harmful effect of petroleum based plastic films has induced increasing research on biodegradable films as alternatives to conventional non-degradable plastics (Wang et al., 2015). Therefore, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Starch-based biodegradable polymers are often researched on combinations of thermoplastic starch and PVA, plasticizer, cross-linker, filing materials and water. However, the bio-film products fabricated from starch and PVA lack of the mechanical properties and low moisture resistance (Riyajan and Sukhlaaied, 2012). The main aim of this chapter is to indicate the importance of exposing the additives, modification and formation processes of PVA/Starch films. In the framework of studies, the additives and modifications used... view more»

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