Research Article

Thermal Behavior of Tacca leontopetaloides Starch-Based Biopolymer

Table 2

Summaries of functional group in pure starch and starch incorporated with glycerol (TPE1), olein oil (TPE2), and crude palm oil (TPE3) and without plasticizer (TPE4).

Types of vibration/samplesWavelength (cm−1)
Pure starchTPE1TPE2TPE3TPE4

O–H stretch in carboxylic acid3352.813325.183348.603350.473352.40
C=O stretching to CH3 in aldehydes group1746.381746.381733.81
C=O stretch to amides1646.911662.061661.821651.561661.75
N=O bend to C–H31435.37 and 1375.301447.98 and 1375.681448.20 and 1375.551446.81 and 1375.42
C–O stretching to an ether1015.841027.841037.641016.431015.4