Advances and challenges in eco-benign fire-retardant polylactide

Y Xue, J Feng, Z Ma, L Liu, Y Zhang, J Dai, Z Xu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polylactide (PLA) derived from renewable resources has drawn great interests in packaging,
electronics, and automotive fields because of its biodegradability, high mechanical strength …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in flame retardant poly (lactic acid)

B Tawiah, B Yu, B Fei - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
PLA has become a commodity polymer with wide applications in a number of fields.
However, its high flammability with the tendency to flow in fire has limited its viability as a …

A reactive copper-organophosphate-MXene heterostructure enabled antibacterial, self-extinguishing and mechanically robust polymer nanocomposites

L Liu, M Zhu, Z Ma, X Xu, SM Seraji, B Yu, Z Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has raised the need for urgent antibacterial requirements
for many commercially important polymers, eg, Epoxy resins (EPs). Meanwhile, intrinsic …

Boosting fire safety and mechanical performance of thermoplastic polyurethane by the face-to-face two-dimensional phosphorene/MXene architecture

Y Luo, Y Xie, W Geng, J Chu, H Wu, D Xie… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Black phosphorus (BP), as one of the most promising fillers for flame retarding polymer, has
been seriously limited in practical application, due to the agglomeration and poor structural …

Interface decoration of exfoliated MXene ultra-thin nanosheets for fire and smoke suppressions of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer

B Yu, B Tawiah, LQ Wang, ACY Yuen, ZC Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) has broad applications as lightweight materials due to its
multiple advantages and unique properties. Nevertheless, toxicity emission under fire …

Synthesis of vanillin-based porphyrin for remarkably enhancing the toughness, UV-resistance and self-extinguishing properties of polylactic acid

W Yang, Q Zhou, W Pan, SE Zhu, C Wei, H Lu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve high-performance polylactic acid (PLA) composites, the exploitation of
multifunctional biomass additives derived from renewable resources are highly demanded …

Facile synthesis of an efficient phosphonamide flame retardant for simultaneous enhancement of fire safety and crystallization rate of poly (lactic acid)

L Liu, Y Xu, Y Pan, M Xu, Y Di, B Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) was regarded as the most prospective sustainable bioplastic in the
field of engineering applications, but its slow crystallization and strong sensitivity to fire …

A Si-containing polyphosphoramide via green chemistry for fire-retardant polylactide with well-preserved mechanical and transparent properties

J Feng, Z Ma, Z Xu, H Xie, Y Lu, C Maluk… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable polylactide (PLA) features good biodegradability, high optical transparency and
mechanical strength. However, inherent flammability severely restricts its practical …

A green way to simultaneously enhance the mechanical, flame retardant and anti-ultraviolet aging properties of polylactide composites by the incorporation of tannic …

S Qiu, J Sun, H Li, X Gu, B Fei, S Zhang - Polymer Degradation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA), characterized by its biodegradability, easy processing, and
environmental friendliness, is regarded as one of the ideal substitutes for petroleum-based …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalization of MXene nanosheets for polystyrene towards high thermal stability and flame retardant properties

JY Si, B Tawiah, WL Sun, B Lin, C Wang, ACY Yuen… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fabricating high-performance MXene-based polymer nanocomposites is a huge challenge
because of the poor dispersion and interfacial interaction of MXene nanosheets in the …