1st Edition
Starches Characterization, Properties, and Applications
Trends in Starch Applications, Andréa C. Bertolini
Characterization of Starch Granules: An Atomic Force Microscopy Approach, Renata Antoun Simão and Beatriz Rosana Cordenunsi
Starch Macromolecular Structure, Luis Arturo Bello-Perez, Sandra Leticia Rodriguez-Ambriz, Mirna Maria Sanchez-Rivera, and Edith Agama-Acevedo
Solid-State NMR Applied to Starch Evaluation, Maria Inês Bruno Tavares
Thermal Transitions of Starches, Paul Colonna and Alain Buleon
Starch-Based Plastics, Rossana Mara da Silva Moreira Thiré
Trends in Microbial Amylases, Marcia Nitschke
Modified Starch: Chemistry and Properties, Kerry C. Huber and James N. BeMiller
Starch-Based Nanocomposites, Alain Dufresne, Eliton S. Medeiros, and William J. Orts
Biodegradation of Starch Blends, Derval dos Santos Rosa and Cristina das Graças Fassina Guedes
Biography
Andréa Curiacos Bertolini is involved in scientific research on starch and biopolymers. She has a PhD in food science from the Université de Nantes in France, where she worked with a concentration on starch chemistry at the Institute Nationale de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in partnership with the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD). As an invited researcher, she worked at the Fonterra Research Centre in New Zealand and at the University of Idaho in the United States on Modified Starches and Starch Rheology. At present she is a food scientist at the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA–Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil). Her interests include biopolymers with an emphasis on starch characterization, modified starches, and starch as an ingredient in food and nonfood products.
