Vegetation is highly sensitive to climate changes in arid regions. The relationship between
vegetation and climate changes can be effectively characterized by vegetation phenology. …

The ecosystem service value (ESV) of wetlands is a major concern in ecological research.
However, inland lake wetland ecosystems in arid areas are easily overlooked and seldom …

Central Asia (CA) is a core area of global desertification, but the effect of the intensifying “global
greening” policy on the desertification process under global warming scenarios in CA …

As the matrix of natural fiber, thermoplastic starch (TPS) was prepared with urea and formamide
as the mixed plasticizer. This TPS could effectively restrain starch retrogradation. SEM …

Climate warming has widely variable effects on terrestrial ecosystems, and warming-induced
changes in soil erosion could accelerate or slow down future warming. Numerous methods …

Deployable space structure technology is an approach used in building spacecraft,
especially when realizing deployment and folding functions. Once in orbit, the structures are …

Starch nanoparticles (SN) were prepared by delivering ethanol as the precipitant into starch-paste
solution dropwise. Citric acid (CA) modified SN (CASN) were fabricated with the dry …

The effects of citric acid on the properties of glycerol‐plasticized thermoplastic starch (GPTPS)
were studied. In the presence of citric acid and glycerol, native cornstarch granules are …

Glycerol-plasticized thermoplastic pea starch (TPS)/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and TPS/microcrystalline
cellulose (MC) composites were respectively prepared by a screw extruder…

Among natural polymers, starch is one of the most promising biodegradable materials because
it is a renewable bioresource that is universally available and of low cost. However, the …