The demand for petroleum dependent chemicals and materials has been increasing despite
the dwindling of their fossil resources. As the dead-end of petroleum based industry has …

The use of vegetable oils as renewable raw materials for the synthesis of various monomers
and polymeric materials is reviewed. Vegetable oils are generally considered to be the most …

The development of sustainable renewable polymers from natural resources has
increasingly gained attention from scientists, engineers as well as the general public and …

Renewable poly (lactic acid)(PLA) exhibits high strength and stiffness. PLA is fully
biodegradable and has received great interest. However, the inherent brittleness of PLA …

The article provides an overview of biocomposite application in the automotives via a
documentation of their history, chronology and progressive steps taken to break into the …

Natural molecular biomass plays an important role in the field of renewable polymers, as
they can be directly used or derivatized as monomers for controlled polymerization, in a way …

Supertoughened and heat-resistant poly (l-lactide)(PLLA)/elastomer blends were prepared
by controlling the distribution of stereocomplex (sc) crystallites and the morphological …

Elastomer toughening of plastics is extensively acknowledged as a robust route to develop
high-performance materials. However, the drastic sacrifice of tensile strength resulting from …

ABSTRACT Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is regarded as one of the most promising biobased and
biodegradable polymers due its various advantages including high mechanical strength …

Multiphase blends of poly (lactic acid)(PLA), ethylene-methyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate
(EMA-GMA) terpolymer, and a series of renewable poly (ether-b-amide) elastomeric …