**Meet the editors**

Ph. D. Emmanuel Flores Huicochea, PhD, obtained his bachelor and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México and later obtained a PhD in Engineering degree from the Chemistry Faculty, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in 2013. He is a full-time researcher and associate professor of postgraduate in the Centro

de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos belonging to Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México; additionally he has contributed in research projects and has published research papers and book chapters. His investigation topics are related to starch modification and use in order to produce bioplastics added with lignocellulosic to use like barrier or disposable container.

Rodolfo Rendón Villalobos is a research professor at Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico. He obtained his academic degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Morelos, master's degree in Marine Ecology from CICESE and PhD degree in Polymer Science from Zacatepec Institute of Technology. He has honors and awards; such as National System of Researches (SNI)

fellow, Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole fellow and International Association for Cereal Science and Technology fellow. He has more than 50 scientific publications, 6 book chapters, over 100 participations in congresses and scientific conferences. Professor Rendón has expertise in chemical modifications as well as in development of biopolymers; evaluation in structural characteristics as FT-IR, SEM, XRD; and also biodegradation studies and rheological and thermal analysis.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Starch Modifications 1**

Chapter 2 **Chemical Modification of Starch with Synthetic 3**

Chapter 3 **Evaluation of Styrene Content over Physical and Chemical Properties of Elastomer/TPS-EVOH/Chicken Feather**

Chapter 4 **Production and Characterization of Starch Nanoparticles 41**

Chapter 5 **Aspects on Starches Modified by Ionizing Radiation**

Mirela Brașoveanu and Monica-Roxana Nemțanu

Lopes Lima Fialho, Elaine Christine de Magalhães Cabral

María Leonor Méndez-Hernández, José Luis Rivera-Armenta, Zahida Sandoval-Arellano, Beatriz Adriana Salazar-Cruz and María Yolanda

Normane Mirele Chaves Da Silva, Fernando Freitas de Lima, Rosana

Albuquerque, José Ignacio Velasco and Farayde Matta Fakhouri

Emmanuel Flores Huicochea

Aurelio Ramírez Hernández

**Composites 23**

Chavez-Cinco

**Processing 49**
