Upcoming bio-refineries will be at the heart of the manufacture of future transportation fuels,
chemicals and materials. A narrow number of platform molecules are envisioned to bridge …

Lactic acid is a naturally occurring organic acid that can be used in a wide variety of
industries, such as the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical, food, and, most recently, the …

The concept of biodegradable plastics is of considerable interest with respect to solid waste
accumulation. Greater efforts have been made in developing degradable biological …

Recent trends in biodegradable polymers indicate significant developments in terms of
novel design strategies and engineering to provide advanced polymers with comparably …

Owing to the natural abundance, variety of structural features, and highly specific functions,
natural monomers render themselves as potential candidates for production of high …

Highly efficient macroalgae based chemical factories and environmental protection have
been comprehensively studied for the first time to displace fossil resources to mitigate …

It is recorded that Théophile-Jules Pelouze first synthesized poly (lactic acid)(PLA) by
polycondensation of lactic acid in 1845. 1 In 1932, Wallace Hume Carothers et al …

Lactic acid (LA) has broad applications in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics
industries. LA production demand rises due to the increasing demand for polylactic acid …

The effective conversion and recycling of organic solid waste contribute to the resolution of
widespread issues such as global environmental pollution, energy scarcity and resource …

Antibacterial packaging used to control the growth of microorganisms in food is of great
value for prolonging the shelf life of food. In this study, a bio-based antibacterial agent PDI …