Recent approaches to the plasticization of poly (lactic acid)(PLA)(A review)

EE Mastalygina, KV Aleksanyan - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is a polyester attracting growing interest every year in different
application fields, such as packaging, cosmetics, food, medicine, etc. Despite its significant …

Precise tailoring of polyester bottlebrush amphiphiles toward eco‐friendly photonic pigments via interfacial self‐assembly

Q Guo, R Xue, J Zhao, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable photonic microspheres with structural colors are promising substitutes to
polluting microbeads and toxic dyes. Here, amphiphilic polyester‐block‐poly (ethylene …

Poly (Isoprene)-Block-Poly (Ethylene Oxide) Diblock Copolymer Toughened Polylactide

MC Larson, JP Coote, FS Bates, CJ Ellison - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Poly (lactide)(PLA) is currently the most successful bioderived synthetic polymer. However,
applications of PLA are limited due to brittleness, which develops after about 1 day of …

Influence of Water Sorption on Ionic Conductivity in Polyether Electrolytes at Low Hydration

R Sujanani, PH Nguyen, LW Gordon… - ACS Macro …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ion-containing polymers are subject to a wide range of hydration conditions across
electrochemical and water treatment applications. Significant work on dry polymer …

Persistent Toughness and Heat Triggered Plasticization in Polylactide Modified with Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(butylene oxide)

JP Coote, MC Larson, FS Bates, CJ Ellison - ACS Macro Letters, 2025 - ACS Publications
Poly (lactide)(PLA) is a promising biodegradable polymer with potential applications in
single-use packaging. However, its use is limited by brittleness, and its biodegradability is …

Morphology-Controlled Mesopores with Hydrophilic Pore Walls from Triblock Copolymers

T Wen, J Yuan, W Lai, X Liu, Y Liu, L Chen… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report a facile approach that can simultaneously control the morphology and surface
chemistry of mesoporous materials from triblock copolymers. By doping phosphotungstic …

Study on the Prediction Model of Swelling Response of EPDM in Liquid Mixture by Using the Modified Flory–Huggins Interaction Parameter (χHSP)

Z Li, G Liu - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The swelling responses of ethylene propylene diene monomers (EPDM) in
cyclohexane/xylene (CYH/X) and cyclohexane/cyclohexanone (CYH/C) binary systems …

Melting point depression approach: Effects of equation format on the estimated Flory-Huggins interaction parameter

Z Khoubi-Arani, M Alizadehaghdam - Thermochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the widespread application of the melting point depression approach to obtain
thermodynamic parameters for a semicrystalline polymer-diluent mixture, a unique form of …

Bioinspired Formation of Anti‐Ultraviolet Micro‐Goose Bump PDMAEMA/PS Coatings

X Zhu, Z Wang, Y Yang, N Ma… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, inspired by the human‐giving goosebumps process, we demonstrated a rapid,
versatile, and simple method to prepare anti‐UV microstructures polymer blend films with …

Comparison of Cyclic and Linear Poly (lactide) s Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

PB Yang, MG Davidson, KJ Edler, N Leaman… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments were conducted on cyclic and linear
polymers of racemic and l-lactides (PLA) with the goal of comparing chain configurations …