Ionic Liquids as Starch Plasticizers: The State of the Art.

Susanna Romano, Serena De Santis, Chiara Frezza, Monica Orsini, Giovanni Sotgiu, Marta Feroci, Daniele Rocco

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Active TPS/PBAT Blown Films Incorporating Sodium Lactate for Improved Oxygen Barrier, Antimicrobial Activity, and Cheese Preservation.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Susanna RomanoDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8343-0257

Serena De SantisDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9772-2891

Chiara FrezzaDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.

Monica OrsiniDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.

Giovanni SotgiuDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2841-9316

Marta FerociDepartment of Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via Castro Laurenziano, 7, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3673-6509

Daniele RoccoDepartment of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.

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Abstract

Over the past 15 years, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained increasing attention as potential replacements for traditional organic compounds. Thanks to their remarkable properties, such as non-volatility, chemical stability, low toxicity, solvation power, and the tunability of properties-due to different combinations of cations and anions-ILs are considered ideal in the processing of polymers. Indeed, they have been extensively studied for the dissolution, derivatization, and plasticization of biopolymers to address the growing issue of plastic pollution. The aim of this review is to investigate the recent years' literature using ILs in starch plasticization. In particular, two major classes of ionic liquids were addressed, the imidazole-based ionic liquids and the choline-derived bioILs. Furthermore, this review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms behind the interactions between ILs and starch and to study their effect on biopolymer properties.

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choline-derived bioILimidazoliumionic liquidsplasticizersstarch

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PMID40076261

DOI10.3390/molecules30051035

PMCPMC11902003

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