The interest in producing biodegradable polymers by chemical treatment, microorganisms
and enzymes has increased to make it easier to dispose after the end of its use without …

Polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) are two biopolyesters obtained from
renewable resources like corn or sugar under bacterial fermentation. PLA is the most widely …

Nowadays the issues related to the end of life of traditional plastics are very urgent due to
the important pollution problems that plastics have caused. Biodegradable plastics can help …

The mismanagement of plastics is associated with high levels of waste and release into the
environment, where they can persist for long times due to the low degradation rate …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) was degraded to methyl lactate (Me-La) by an imino monophenolate
Zn (1) 2 catalyst in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, as the solvent, and methanol, as the …

Although thermoplastic starch (TPS) has been developed to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions and environmental and health-related impacts from plastics, high moisture …

Biodegradable packaging materials represent one possible solution for how to reduce the
negative environmental impact of plastics. The main idea of this work was to investigate the …

Developing a mechanistic understanding of catalyzed melt-phase depolymerization
processes is of utmost importance to the rapidly expanding field of circular polymers with a …

The present study aimed to prepare nanofibers by electrospinning in the system polylactic
acid-hydroxyapatite-doxycycline (PLA-HAP-Doxy) to be used as a drug delivery vehicle …

Biodegradable polyesters are a popular choice for both packaging and medical device
manufacture owing to their ability to break down into harmless components once they have …