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. 2021 Sep 23;13(19):3227. doi: 10.3390/polym13193227

Table 3.

Plasticizers and montmorillonite as nanofiller (including their wt %) in most used TPS sources.

Starch Source Plasticizer Nanofiller wt % Reference
Acetylated cassava Water Montmorillonite 1–10 [69]
Cassava Glycerol Montmorillonite, alumina trihydrate 26–37, 1–6 [67]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 3–5 [133]
Glycerol Montmorillonite, Cloisite 30B 5 [68]
Glycerol Na-montmorillonite (Closite® Na+) 1–2 [71]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 2–4 [134]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite, modified organo-montmorillonite NI [135]
Cationic starch Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite, ZnO 3–5, 0.5–1 [44]
Cereal Glycerol Montmorillonite/Chitosan 3–5/0.6–1 [49]
Corn Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 1 [43]
Glycerol/water Montmorillonite clay 3–4.5 [86]
Glycerol/water Hydrophilic bentonite, sodium montmorillonite/Essential oils constituents 0.5 [47]
Glycerol Walnut shell flour/Montmorillonite (MMT) 30–50/3–5 [89]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 0–5 [83]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 1–6 [84]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 3–5 [136]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 1–5 [137]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 2–5 [138]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 2–8 [138]
Glycerol Montmorillonite clay 1–5 [51]
Glycerol/water Montmorillonite clay 1–9 [139]
Glycerol Montmorillonite clay 1–5 [109]
Water Sodium montmorillonite clay 5 [140]
Glycerol Montmorillonite (natural and glycerol-activated) 1–9 [141]
Glycerol Natural montmorillonite 2–6 [97]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 1–9 [142]
Water, partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol Natural montmorillonite 1–5 [143]
Sorbitol, formamide Sodium montmorillonite 2–10 [131]
Water Natural montmorillonite, fluorohectorite 1–3.2 [144]
Citric acid, formamide, and ethanolamine Sodium montmorillonite 2–10 [145]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 0.03–0.1 (g) [146]
Corn, wheat, potato Glycerol Natural montmorillonite, Cloisite 30B 3–15 [147]
Granular Maize Glycerol Montmorillonite 1–7 [72]
Maize Glycerol Natural montmorillonite, Cloisite 30B 5 [148]
Glycerol Montorillonite 10–20 [149]
Merck starch Glycerol Natural montmorillonite 1–5 [150]
Pearl silver corn starch Glycerol Natural montmorillonite, Cloisite 30B 1, 1–5 [80]
Potato Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 2–5 [63]
Urea Montmorillonite [151]
Glycerol Montmorillonite, kaolinite, hectorite and treated hectorite 6–22/5–18/5–20/5–19 [152]
Glycerol Organically modified montmorillonite (Cloisite 30B), Natural montmorillonite Sodium montmorillonite 2.5–10 [153]
Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite 2–5 [63]
Glycerol/water Sodium montmorillonite 1–1.5 [154]
Glycerol Montmorillonite 4–8 [155]
Glycerol/water Cloisite 30B, Cloisite 10A, Cloisite 6A and Sodium montmorillonite 5 [102]
Sweet potato Carbamide and ethanolamine Sodium montmorillonite 2–8 [148]
Tapioca (Acetylated) Glycerol Natural and organically modified montmorillonite 5 [150]
Wheat Glycerol Sodium montmorillonite, Aminododecanoic-acid-treated organophilic clays Silicate content: 0.5–7 (vol) [80]
Water/Glycerol Montmorillonite 2–5 [87]
Glycerol Montmorillonite, Cloisite 30B, Cloisite 10A 1–5 [156]

Note: Natural montmorillonite and sodium montmorillonite refer to the same nanofiller. NI: No information reported.