Strategies and techniques for improving heat resistance and mechanical performances of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) biodegradable materials

X Zhao, J Liu, J Li, X Liang, W Zhou, S Peng - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) has attracted much attention as a substitute for petroleum-
based plastics, but its low heat resistance limits its application range in packaging fields and …

Crystallization of biodegradable and biobased polyesters: Polymorphism, cocrystallization, and structure-property relationship

Y Zheng, P Pan - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, synthetic biodegradable and biobased polyesters have emerged as
a sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-derived polymers for diverse range of …

The recent developments in biobased polymers toward general and engineering applications: Polymers that are upgraded from biodegradable polymers, analogous …

H Nakajima, P Dijkstra, K Loos - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
The main motivation for development of biobased polymers was their biodegradability,
which is becoming important due to strong public concern about waste. Reflecting recent …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the ductility and heat deflection temperature of injection molded Poly (lactic acid) products: A comprehensive review

T Tábi, T Ageyeva, JG Kovács - Polymer Testing, 2021 - Elsevier
The widely used plastic products which became a part of our everyday life are produced
almost entirely from crude oil. There are various estimates on oil resources, but there is an …

Modulation of piezoelectric properties in electrospun PLLA nanofibers for application-specific self-powered stem cell culture platforms

Y Tai, S Yang, S Yu, A Banerjee, NV Myung, J Nam - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
There is an increasing effort to utilize piezoelectric materials as a self-powered platform to
electrically stimulate cells/tissues in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering …

An overview of polylactides as packaging materials

R Auras, B Harte, S Selke - Macromolecular bioscience, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Polylactide polymers have gained enormous attention as a replacement for conventional
synthetic packaging materials in the last decade. By being truly biodegradable, derived from …

Recent advances in stereocomplexation of enantiomeric PLA-based copolymers and applications

Z Li, BH Tan, T Lin, C He - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Poly (lactic acid) or poly (lactide)(PLA) is a biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastic
polymer, being derived from renewable resources such as corn and sugar cane. The …

Disorder-to-Order Phase Transition and Multiple Melting Behavior of Poly(l-lactide) Investigated by Simultaneous Measurements of WAXD and DSC

J Zhang, K Tashiro, H Tsuji, AJ Domb - Macromolecules, 2008 - ACS Publications
It has been found that, dependent on the crystallization temperature (T c), the disorder (α ')
and order (α) phases of poly (l-lactide)(PLLA) are formed at low (T c< 100° C) and high (T …

Electrospun nanofibers for drug delivery and biosensing

C Cleeton, A Keirouz, X Chen… - ACS biomaterials science …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Early diagnosis and efficient treatment are of paramount importance to fighting cancers.
Monitoring the foreign body response of a patient to treatment therapies also plays an …

Crystal Modifications and Thermal Behavior of Poly(l-lactic acid) Revealed by Infrared Spectroscopy

J Zhang, Y Duan, H Sato, H Tsuji, I Noda, S Yan… - …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Recently, we reported the isothermal crystallization behaviors of poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA)
from the melt and glassy states, respectively [J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 11514; …