Future plastic materials will be very different from those that are used today. The increasing
importance of sustainability promotes the development of bio-based and biodegradable …

Poly (lactic acid) is a biobased and compostable thermoplastic polyester that has rapidly
evolved into a competitive commodity material over the last decade. One key bottleneck in …

Polylactic acid (PLA), a highly promising biodegradable biopolymer, has been extensively
studied over the last two decades. The thermoplastic polyester PLA is bio-based …

Poly (lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA) is the most extensively researched and utilized
biodegradable and renewable thermoplastic polyester, with potential to replace …

The widely used plastic products which became a part of our everyday life are produced
almost entirely from crude oil. There are various estimates on oil resources, but there is an …

Fabrication of new biodegradable scaffolds that guide and stimulate tissue regeneration is
still a major issue in tissue engineering approaches. Scaffolds that possess adequate …

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 …

Reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/polylactic acid (PLA) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/PLA
nanocomposites were prepared by ultrasound-assisted dispersion and a hot-pressing …

Antimicrobial nanopackaging films were developed by incorporating clove essential oil
(CLO)(15–30% w/w) and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets (1% w/w) into polylactide (PLA) …

In this paper, different strategies to promote PLA crystallization were investigated with the
objective of increasing the crystalline content under typical polymer processing conditions …