Crystallization of biodegradable and biobased polyesters: Polymorphism, cocrystallization, and structure-property relationship

Y Zheng, P Pan - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, synthetic biodegradable and biobased polyesters have emerged as
a sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-derived polymers for diverse range of …

Hydrogels for protein delivery

T Vermonden, R Censi, WE Hennink - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Importantly, with the advent of hybridoma and recombinant DNA technologies, the limitations
associated with the extraction and purification of pharmaceutical proteins from animal …

Recent trends in catalytic polymerizations

DJ Walsh, MG Hyatt, SA Miller, D Guironnet - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Advances and new opportunities in the rheology of physically and chemically reversible polymers

S Wu, Q Chen - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advances in understanding the dynamics of both the physically and chemically
reversible networks are summarized from a rheological perspective. The focus is placed on …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

An overview of polylactides as packaging materials

R Auras, B Harte, S Selke - Macromolecular bioscience, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Polylactide polymers have gained enormous attention as a replacement for conventional
synthetic packaging materials in the last decade. By being truly biodegradable, derived from …

Properties of lactic acid based polymers and their correlation with composition

A Södergård, M Stolt - Progress in polymer science, 2002 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the properties of lactic acid based polymers and the correlation to the
structure of the polymers. Lactic acid based polymers prepared by polycondensation (PC) …

Biodegradable polymers and their layered silicate nanocomposites: in greening the 21st century materials world

SS Ray, M Bousmina - Progress in materials science, 2005 - Elsevier
This review aims at highlighting on recent developments in preparation, characterization,
properties, crystallization behaviors, melt rheology, processing, and future applications …

Poly (lactide) stereocomplexes: formation, structure, properties, degradation, and applications

H Tsuji - Macromolecular bioscience, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (lactide) s [ie poly (lactic acid)(PLA)] and lactide copolymers are biodegradable,
compostable, producible from renewable resources, and nontoxic to the human body and …

Recent advances in stereocomplexation of enantiomeric PLA-based copolymers and applications

Z Li, BH Tan, T Lin, C He - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Poly (lactic acid) or poly (lactide)(PLA) is a biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastic
polymer, being derived from renewable resources such as corn and sugar cane. The …