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Starch-based Surface-sizing Agents in Paper Industry: An Overview

Show Author's Information Qiulin Wei,  Hao Zheng,  Mengni Zhu,  Xiao Han,  Yao Li( ),  Jinghui Zhou( )
Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Pulp and Papermaking Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China
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starch, surface sizing of paper, modified starch, starch-based multiphase system
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Wei Q, Zheng H, Zhu M, et al. Starch-based Surface-sizing Agents in Paper Industry: An Overview. Paper and Biomaterials, 2021, 6(4): 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1213/j.issn.2096-2355.2021.04.007
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Natural starch is an abundant and inexpensive polysaccharide biopolymer that is widely used as a surface-sizing agent in the paper industry. The surface sizing of paper improves its water and abrasion resistance, as well as its physical strength and printing adaptability. However, natural starch presents some disadvantages, such as high viscosity, poor fluidity, poor film-forming properties, and easy coagulation. Therefore, starch is usually modified and blended with various components to achieve better sizing performance. This article reviews approaches for the surface sizing of paper and modification of starch using enzymes or chemical methods, such as oxidation, cationization, and graft copolymerization. This article also discusses the application of starch-based multiphase systems (obtained by blending starch with various components) as surface-sizing agents.


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Starch-based Surface-sizing Agents in Paper Industry: An Overview

Show Author's information Qiulin Wei, Hao Zheng, Mengni Zhu, Xiao Han, Yao Li( ), Jinghui Zhou( )
Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Pulp and Papermaking Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China

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Natural starch is an abundant and inexpensive polysaccharide biopolymer that is widely used as a surface-sizing agent in the paper industry. The surface sizing of paper improves its water and abrasion resistance, as well as its physical strength and printing adaptability. However, natural starch presents some disadvantages, such as high viscosity, poor fluidity, poor film-forming properties, and easy coagulation. Therefore, starch is usually modified and blended with various components to achieve better sizing performance. This article reviews approaches for the surface sizing of paper and modification of starch using enzymes or chemical methods, such as oxidation, cationization, and graft copolymerization. This article also discusses the application of starch-based multiphase systems (obtained by blending starch with various components) as surface-sizing agents.

Keywords: starch, surface sizing of paper, modified starch, starch-based multiphase system

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Received: 14 April 2021
Accepted: 04 May 2021
Published: 25 October 2021
Issue date: October 2021

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This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31800498, 22078035), Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (No. 2019-BS-16), Open Fund of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper (No. KL201903).

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