Progressing plastics circularity: A review of mechano-biocatalytic approaches for waste plastic (re) valorization

E Nikolaivits, B Pantelic, M Azeem… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inspirational concepts, and the transfer of analogs from natural biology to science and
engineering, has produced many excellent technologies to date, spanning vaccines to …

Star-shaped and branched polylactides: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

A Michalski, M Brzezinski, G Lapienis, T Biela - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
The syntheses, properties and selected applications of star-shaped polymers with arms
composed of homo-or copolymers of polylactide (PLA) is reviewed. The star-shaped …

Durable polylactic acid (PLA)-based sustainable engineered blends and biocomposites: Recent developments, challenges, and opportunities

N Tripathi, M Misra, AK Mohanty - ACS Engineering Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The paper comprehensively reviews durable polylactic acid (PLA)-based engineered blends
and biocomposites supporting a low carbon economy. The traditional fossil fuel derived …

Improvement of rheology and mechanical properties of PLA/PBS blends by in-situ UV-induced reactive extrusion

FL Chang, B Hu, WT Huang, L Chen, XC Yin, XW Cao… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Blending with biodegradable poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) is an effective way for
improving the performance of PLA. However, the property of the blends is not significantly …

Recent progress of preparation of branched poly (lactic acid) and its application in the modification of polylactic acid materials

X Zhao, J Li, J Liu, W Zhou, S Peng - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) with branched structure has abundant terminal groups, high
melt strength, good rheological properties, and excellent processability; it is a new research …

Recent advances on reactive extrusion of poly (lactic acid)

MO Augé, D Roncucci, S Bourbigot, F Bonnet… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is a bio-based, bio-compostable and bio-compatible
aliphatic polyester which derives from lactic acid. The interest for this bioplastic has …

Flexible VO2 Films for In‐Sensor Computing with Ultraviolet Light

G Li, D Xie, Z Zhang, Q Zhou, H Zhong… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With their unique advantages in portability, shape adaptability, and human friendly surfaces,
flexible electronics pave the way for the implementation of wearable electronic textiles and …

Engineering of polybutylene succinate with long-chain branching toward high foamability and degradation

P Chen, L Zhao, X Gao, Z Xu, Z Liu, D Hu - Polymer Degradation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-chain branched (LCB) polybutylene succinate (PBS) was successfully prepared by the
reaction of linear PBS with epoxy-based multifunctional oligomer and triglycidyl …

Preparation and characterization of high melt strength thermoplastic polyester elastomer with different topological structure using a two-step functional group reaction

R Jiang, Y Chen, S Yao, T Liu, Z Xu, CB Park, L Zhao - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-chain branched (LCB) thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) could be controllably
prepared by the two-step reaction of the linear TPEE with triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) and …

[HTML][HTML] Significantly improved dielectric properties of polylactide nanocomposites via TiO2 decorated carbon nanotubes

W Wu, T Liu, D Zhang, Q Sun, K Cao, J Zha… - Composites Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs@ TiO 2) were
fabricated in aqueous solution via a facile sol-gel method. The results of TEM, XRD, XPS …