Figure 1.
SEM micrographs (100000×) of CaCO3 nanoparticles.
Table 1.
Water vapor permeability (WVP) and optical properties of corn starch (CS) based films with CaCO3 nanoparticles (Ca)g.
Table 2.
Mechanical properties of corn starch (CS) based films with CaCO3 nanoparticles (Ca)g.
Figure 2.
SEM micrograph from surface of corn starch (CS) films (a), composite films with (b) 0.06%, (c) 0.5% CaCO3 nanoparticles; and fracture of CS films (d), composite films with (e) 0.06%, (f) 0.5% CaCO3 nanoparticles.
Table 3.
Thermal properties of corn starch (CS) based films with CaCO3 nanoparticles (Ca)g.
Figure 3.
X-ray diffraction patterns spectra of CaCO3 nanoparticles (Ca) and corn starch (CS) films with 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.1, 0.5% w/w Ca.