Enhancement of the thermal resistance of poly(lactic acid) obtained by reactive extrusion by adding nanoclays [PDF]
, 2016 In the present work, poly(lactic acid) sheets (with a nominal width of 1 mm) reinforced with organically modified montmorillonite (with a mass content of 2.5%) have been manufactured through a reactive extrusion process.
Carrasco Alonso, Félix Ángel +1 more
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PLA/PA bio-blends: induced morphology by extrusion [PDF]
, 2019 The effect of processing conditions on the final morphology of Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA) with bio-based Polyamide 10.10 (PA) 70/30 blends is analyzed in this paper. Two types of PLA were used: Commercial (neat PLA) and a rheologically modified PLA (PLAREx),
Abt, Tobias Martin +6 more
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Biodegradation of flax fiber reinforced poly lactic acid
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2010 Woven and nonwoven flax fiber reinforced poly lactic acid (PLA) biocomposites were prepared with amphiphilic additives as accelerator for biodegradation. The prepared composites were buried in farmland soil for biodegradability studies. Loss in weight of
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Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016 The enantiomers poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) were alternately adsorbed directly on calcium carbonate (CaCO3) templates and on poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) multilayer precursors in ...
Elena Dellacasa +4 more
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Safely dissolvable and healable active packaging films based on alginate and pectin [PDF]
, 2019 Extensive usage of long-lasting petroleum based plastics for short-lived application such as packaging has raised concerns regarding their role in environmental pollution.
Cavallaro G. +7 more
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Investigation of nanofiltration as a purification step for lactic acid production processes based on conventional and bipolar electrodialysis operations [PDF]
, 2006 Nanofiltration was investigated for usability in a specific lactic acid production process based on conventional and bipolar electrodialysis operations.
Bouchoux, Antoine +2 more
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Antifungal Poly(lactic acid) Films Containing Thymol and Carvone
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 The goal of this study was to develop antifungal poly(lactic acid) films for food packaging applications. The antifungal compounds, thymol and R-(-)-carvone were incorporated into poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-based polymer at 10, 15 and 20% by weight.
Boonruang Kanchana +4 more
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Influence of loading rate, alkali fibre treatment and crystallinity on fracture toughness of random short hemp fibre reinforced polylactide bio-composites [PDF]
, 2011 Plane-strain fracture toughness (KIc) of random short hemp fibre reinforced polylactide (PLA) bio-composites was investigated along with the effect of loading rate, fibre treatment and PLA crystallinity.
Fernyhough, Alan +3 more
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Development of liver-specific ribavirin-loaded nanoparticles with reduced cytotoxicity
Cogent Medicine, 2017 Ribavirin is widely used in several types of combination chemotherapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. In order to deliver ribavirin to the liver and reduce its side effects, we previously prepared ribavirin monophosphate (RMP)-loaded ...
Kohei Kaneko, Tsutomu Ishihara
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Development and AFM study of porous scaffolds for wound healing applications [PDF]
, 2004 An engineering approach to the development of biomaterials for promotion of wound healing emphasises the importance of a well-controlled architecture and concentrates on optimisation of morphology and surface chemistry to stimulate guidance of the ...
Bowen, W.R. +4 more
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