Tailoring the barrier properties of PLA: a state-of-the-art review for food packaging applications

S Marano, E Laudadio, C Minnelli, P Stipa - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is now well recognized that the production of petroleum-based packaging materials has
created serious ecological problems for the environment due to their resistance to …

Soft and hard sections from cellulose-reinforced poly (lactic acid)-based food packaging films: A critical review

A Khosravi, A Fereidoon, MM Khorasani… - Food Packaging and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cellulose-reinforced poly (lactic acid)(PLA)-based films have been of great interest for
use as food packaging material. However, the semicrystalline behavior of both biobased …

[HTML][HTML] Lignocellulosic agro-residue/polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposites: Rapeseed straw as a sustainable filler

L Lendvai - Cleaner Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to review the applicability of rapeseed straw (RSS) as a
sustainable filler material in polylactic acid (PLA)-based biocomposites. The effect of …

Effect of environment on mechanical properties of 3D printed polylactide for biomedical applications

A Moetazedian, A Gleadall, X Han… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the importance of the testing environment for correct assessment of tensile
strength of polylactide (PLA) is investigated. A novel design of tensile specimen was …

Influences of epoxidized natural rubber and fiber modification on injection molded-pulp/poly (lactic acid) biocomposites: Analysis of mechanical-thermal and …

S Kadea, T Kittikorn, R Chollakup, R Hedthong… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accelerated weathering tests were conducted to evaluate the weathering resistance of poly
(lactic acid)(PLA) based biocomposites without and with epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) …

[HTML][HTML] Linoleum waste as PLA filler for components cost reduction: Effects on the thermal and mechanical behavior

C Sergi, I Bavasso, G Frighetto, J Tirillò, F Sarasini… - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable polymer from renewable resources with mechanical
properties comparable to traditional polymers, but with a higher cost. A solution to this issue …

Medical-Grade PLA Nanocomposites with Optimized Tungsten Carbide Nanofiller Content in MEX Additive Manufacturing: A Rheological, Morphological, and …

N Vidakis, A Moutsopoulou, M Petousis, N Michailidis… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The goal of this paper is to investigate tungsten carbide (WC) as a reinforcement in the
popular material extrusion (MEX) additive manufacturing (AM) procedure. The impressive …

Polylactide films with the addition of olive leaf extract—physico-chemical characterization

S Grabska-Zielińska, M Gierszewska… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to obtain and characterize polylactide films (PLA) with the addition
of poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) as a plasticizer and chloroformic olive leaf extract (OLE). The …

Recycle of printed circuit boards from waste electric and electronic equipment and their reusability as filler in 3D printed poly (lactic) acid composites

V Stratiotou Efstratiadis, A Argyros… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recycling raw materials (RMs) from waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) and
reusing them in additive manufacturing applications, has tremendous benefits, including …

Production of PLA/cellulose derived from pineapple leaves as bio-degradable mulch film

C Sukwijit, A Seubsai, M Charoenchaitrakool… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mulch films were fabricated from polylactic acid (PLA) with cellulose nanocrystals (PNC)
extracted from pineapple leaves. The PNC was modified by incorporating 4 wt …