Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

The application of various materials in biomedical procedures has recently experienced
rapid growth. One area that is currently receiving significant attention from the scientific …

Regenerative engineering converges tissue engineering, advanced materials science, stem
cell science, and developmental biology to regenerate complex tissues such as whole limbs …

The upward trend of global demand for fossil-fuel energy for non-energy purposes
especially for the production of plastics, and non-renewable energy use (NREU) and global …

A literature review is presented regarding the synthesis, and physicochemical, chemical,
and mechanical properties of poly (lactic acid)(PLA). Poly (lactic acid) exists as a polymeric …

Polylactide polymers have gained enormous attention as a replacement for conventional
synthetic packaging materials in the last decade. By being truly biodegradable, derived from …

The quality of the monomers lactic acid and lactide as well as the chemical changes induced
during polymerization and processing are crucial parameters for controlling the properties of …

This review focuses on the properties of lactic acid based polymers and the correlation to the
structure of the polymers. Lactic acid based polymers prepared by polycondensation (PC) …

Numerous biodegradable polymers have been developed in the last two decades. In terms
of application, biodegradable polymers are classified into three groups: medical, ecological …

The crystallization kinetics of poly (lactic acid)/talc composites were determined over a range
of 0 to 15 wt% of talc. Talc was found to change the crystallization kinetics. The presence of …