Synthesis, structure and properties of polyhydroxyalkanoates: biological polyesters

K Sudesh, H Abe, Y Doi - Progress in polymer science, 2000 - Elsevier
High molecular weight polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are synthesized and stored in the cell
cytoplasm as water-insoluble inclusions by various microorganisms. This intriguing …

Chemical syntheses of biodegradable polymers

M Okada - Progress in polymer science, 2002 - Elsevier
Commercially available synthetic biodegradable polymers had been limited to aliphatic
polyesters until polyesters containing aromatic moieties recently appeared on the market …

Biodegradation of poly (vinyl alcohol) based materials

E Chiellini, A Corti, S D'Antone, R Solaro - Progress in Polymer science, 2003 - Elsevier
Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) is recognized as one of the very few vinyl polymers soluble in
water also susceptible of ultimate biodegradation in the presence of suitably acclimated …

[HTML][HTML] Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) synthesis and degradation by microbes and applications towards a circular economy

W Zhou, S Bergsma, DI Colpa, GJW Euverink… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Overusing non-degradable plastics causes a series of environmental issues, inferring a
switch to biodegradable plastics. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising …

Thermal, mechanical and morphological characterization of plasticized PLA–PHB blends

MA Abdelwahab, A Flynn, BS Chiou, S Imam… - … degradation and stability, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Thermal and mechanical properties of plasticized poly (L‐lactic acid)

M Baiardo, G Frisoni, M Scandola… - Journal of Applied …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Acetyl tri‐n‐butyl citrate (ATBC) and poly (ethyleneglycol) s (PEGs) with different molecular
weights (from 400 to 10000) were used in this study to plasticize poly (L‐lactic acid)(PLA) …

Crystallization, structure and properties of plasticized poly (L-lactide)

Z Kulinski, E Piorkowska - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
Poly (l-lactide)(PLA) was plasticized with poly (ethylene glycol) s having Mw of 400 and
600g/mol. In addition to poly (ethyne glycol) s with hydroxyl end groups, monomethyl ethers …

Polyester-based (bio) degradable polymers as environmentally friendly materials for sustainable development

J Rydz, W Sikorska, M Kyulavska… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the polyesters such as polylactide and polyhydroxyalkonoates, as
well as polyamides produced from renewable resources, which are currently among the …

Progressing plastics circularity: A review of mechano-biocatalytic approaches for waste plastic (re) valorization

E Nikolaivits, B Pantelic, M Azeem… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inspirational concepts, and the transfer of analogs from natural biology to science and
engineering, has produced many excellent technologies to date, spanning vaccines to …

Fully biodegradable Poly (lactic acid)/Starch blends: A review of toughening strategies

JJ Koh, X Zhang, C He - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2018 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) and Starch are both bio-based biodegradable polymers that have
properties that are complementary to each other. PLA/starch blend exploits the good …