A review on poly lactic acid (PLA) as a biodegradable polymer

NAAB Taib, MR Rahman, D Huda, KK Kuok, S Hamdan… - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Biodegradable plastics are among the most promising materials to replace conventional
petroleum-based plastics that have caused many adverse impacts on the environment, such …

Polyacrylic acid nanoplatforms: Antimicrobial, tissue engineering, and cancer theranostic applications

H Arkaban, M Barani, MR Akbarizadeh… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyacrylic acid (PAA) is a non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer that gained
lots of interest in recent years. PAA nano-derivatives can be obtained by chemical …

Biocompatibility, biodegradation and biomedical applications of poly (lactic acid)/poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) micro and nanoparticles

EM Elmowafy, M Tiboni, ME Soliman - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) are among the
well-documented FDA-approved polymers used for the preparation of safe and effective …

Chemical modification and foam processing of polylactide (PLA)

T Standau, C Zhao, S Murillo Castellón, C Bonten… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polylactide (PLA) is known as one of the most promising biopolymers as it is derived from
renewable feedstock and can be biodegraded. During the last two decades, it moved more …

Biopolymers as bone substitutes: A review

A Kashirina, Y Yao, Y Liu, J Leng - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Human bones have unique structures and characteristics, and replacing a natural bone in
the case of bone fracture or bone diseases is a very complicated problem. The main goal of …

Poly (lactic acid)–biochar biocomposites: Effect of processing and filler content on rheological, thermal, and mechanical properties

R Arrigo, M Bartoli, G Malucelli - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biocomposites based on poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and biochar (BC) particles derived from
spent ground coffee were prepared using two different processing routes, namely melt …

Magnesium alloys with tunable interfaces as bone implant materials

M Rahman, NK Dutta… - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Magnesium (Mg) based biodegradable materials are a new generation orthopedic implant
materials that are intended to possess same mechanical properties as that of bone. Mg …

Advances in nano-delivery systems for doxorubicin: an updated insight

U Kanwal, N Irfan Bukhari, M Ovais, N Abass… - Journal of drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Doxorubicin (DOX) is the most effective chemotherapeutic drug developed against broad
range of cancers such as solid tumours, transplantable leukemias and lymphomas …

Direct carbon capture for the production of high-performance biodegradable plastics by cyanobacterial cell factories

C Tan, F Tao, P Xu - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastic pollution caused by non-biodegradable plastics is one of the most widely discussed
and notable challenges of the 21st century. Developing biodegradable plastics, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial film based on polylactic acid and carbon nanotube for controlled cinnamaldehyde release

R Cui, K Jiang, M Yuan, J Cao, L Li, Z Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
A controlled-release antibacterial active food packaging film was prepared from polylactic
acid (PLA), poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and cinnamaldehyde …