The FTIR spectrum of TPS film featured absorption bands corre-sponding to the functional groups of starch and glycerol, i.e., bandsat 920, 1022 and 1148 cm−1(CO stretching), 1648 cm−1(boundwater), 3277 cm−1( OH groups), 2914 cm−1(CH stretching) and1423 cm−1(glycerol). These results are similar to the ones observedin the literature.