Environmental, economic, and safety challenges have provoked packaging scientists and
producers to partially substitute petrochemical‐based polymers with biodegradable ones …

Microbially produced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are fully biodegradable biopolyesters
that have attracted much attention recently as alternative polymeric materials that can be …

For the practical use of synthetic hydrogels as artificial biological tissues, flexible electronics,
and conductive membranes, achieving requirements for specific mechanical properties is …

The high price of petroleum, overconsumption of plastic products, recent climate change
regulations, the lack of landfill spaces in addition to the ever-growing population are …

A blend of poly (lactic acid)(PLA)(75% by weight) and poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB)(25%
by weight) with a polyester plasticizer (Lapol 108) at two different concentrations (5 and 7 …

In this work poly (lactic acid) PLA, and poly (hydroxybutyrate) PHB, were blended and
plasticized with a natural terpene d-limonene (LIM) with the dual objective to increase PLA …

The disintegration under composting conditions of films based on poly (lactic acid)–poly
(hydroxybutyrate)(PLA–PHB) blends and intended for food packaging was studied. Two …

Polylactide is a commercially‐produced thermoplastic that is derived from renewable
resources and is environmentally degradable. Due to these attributes, polylactide holds …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)(PBAT) are
biodegradable aliphatic polyesters, which being semicrystalline and thermoplastic can be …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) synthesized from microcrystalline cellulose by acid
hydrolysis were added into poly (lactic acid)–poly (hydroxybutyrate)(PLA–PHB) blends to …