Poly (butylene succinate)(PBS): Materials, processing, and industrial applications

M Barletta, C Aversa, M Ayyoob, A Gisario… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of biodegradable and compostable materials as alternative to fossil-based
plastics is today of paramount importance. Polybutylene succinate (PBS) is a class of …

A brief review of poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) and its main copolymers: synthesis, blends, composites, biodegradability, and applications

L Aliotta, M Seggiani, A Lazzeri, V Gigante, P Cinelli - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
PBS, an acronym for poly (butylene succinate), is an aliphatic polyester that is attracting
increasing attention due to the possibility of bio-based production, as well as its balanced …

A halochromic indicator based on polylactic acid and anthocyanins for visual freshness monitoring of minced meat, chicken fillet, shrimp, and fish roe

M Ghorbani, E Divsalar, R Molaei, P Ezati… - Innovative Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a new intelligent indicator with polylactic acid (PLA)/polyethylene glycol
(PEG)/calcium bentonite (CB) blend and Malva sylvestris, as a source of anthocyanins, was …

Enzymatic degradation of the most common aliphatic bio-polyesters and evaluation of the mechanisms involved: an extended study

A Rosato, A Romano, G Totaro, A Celli, F Fava… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Commercial hydrolytic enzymes belonging to different subclasses (several lipases,
proteinase k, cutinase) were investigated for their ability to degrade different aliphatic …

[HTML][HTML] Micromechanical analysis and fracture mechanics of Poly (lactic acid)(PLA)/Polycaprolactone (PCL) binary blends

L Aliotta, V Gigante, R Geerinck, MB Coltelli, A Lazzeri - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
Even Poly (lactic acid)/polycaprolactone (PLA/PCL) blends have been studied in literature,
the deformation mechanism that is related to the toughness increment with respect to pure …

Improvement of the PLA crystallinity and heat distortion temperature optimizing the content of nucleating agents and the injection molding cycle time

L Aliotta, LM Sciara, P Cinelli, I Canesi, A Lazzeri - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three different commercial nucleating agents (LAK, talc, and calcium carbonate) were
added at different weight percentages into poly (lactic acid)(PLA) in order to investigate the …

The effect of polyethylene glycol sorbitan monostearate on the morphological characteristics and performance of thermoplastic starch/biodegradable polyester blend …

R Yoksan, KM Dang - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Although thermoplastic starch (TPS) has been developed to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions and environmental and health-related impacts from plastics, high moisture …

[HTML][HTML] Tearing fracture of poly (lactic acid)(PLA)/poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate)(PBSA) cast extruded films: Effect of the PBSA content

L Aliotta, V Gigante, B Dal Pont, F Miketa… - Engineering Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of bio-based film formulations that show mechanical properties
comparable to current fossil films is a challenging technological goal. Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) …

Improvement of interfacial adhesion and thermomechanical properties of PLA based composites with wheat/rice bran

V Gigante, L Aliotta, I Canesi, M Sandroni, A Lazzeri… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present work aims to enhance the use of agricultural byproducts for the production of
bio-composites by melt extrusion. It is well known that in the production of such bio …

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 …