[HTML][HTML] Sustainable composites for lightweight and flame retardant parts for electric vehicles to boost climate benefits: a perspective

AK Mohanty, S Vivekanandhan, N Tripathi… - Composites Part C …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global automotive sector is moving towards zero-emission transportation, which has led
to the rapid growth of the electric vehicles (EVs) market, projected to reach USD 1318 billion …

Ultratough Co-Continuous PLA/PA11 by Interfacially Percolated Poly(ether-b-amide)

AM Zolali, V Heshmati, BD Favis - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
It will be shown that when polyether-b-amide (PEBA) is added to a PLA/PA11 blend, it tends
toward the interface and results in a significant increase in the impact strength when all three …

Cellulose nanocrystal in poly (lactic acid)/polyamide11 blends: Preparation, morphology and co-continuity

V Heshmati, MR Kamal, BD Favis - European Polymer Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, for the first time, cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) is incorporated into poly (lactic
acid)/bio-polyamide11 (PA11) blends at different loadings through a combination of solvent …

Polyblends and composites of poly (lactic acid)(PLA): a review on the state of the art

KP Rajan, SP Thomas12… - Journal of …, 2018 - systems.enpress-publisher.com
Polymers obtained from renewable sources are gaining popularity over their petroleum
based counter parts in recent years due to their capability to address the environmental …

Tuning the localization of finely dispersed cellulose nanocrystal in poly (lactic acid)/bio‐polyamide11 blends

V Heshmati, MR Kamal, BD Favis - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A versatile approach to control the localization of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) in
PLA/PA11 blends is presented. A PEO/CNC mixture with a high level of CNC dispersion is …

Toughening poly (lactic acid) with poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers

L Gu, EE Nessim, T Li, CW Macosko - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
This study describes the toughening of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) through blending it with poly
(ethylene oxide)–poly (propylene oxide)–poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers (EPE …

Uniaxial stretching and properties of fully biodegradable poly (lactic acid)/poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) blends

Y Li, C Han, Y Yu, D Huang - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, fully biodegradable poly (lactic acid)(PLA)/poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-
hydroxybutyrate)(P (3HB-co-4HB)) blends of various compositions were uniaxially stretched …

Investigating the degradability of polyethylene using starch, oxo‐material, and polylactic acid under the different environmental conditions

L Panahi, M Gholizadeh… - Asia‐Pacific Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The change in the properties of low‐density polyethylene after adding starch, oxo‐material,
polylactic acid, and their mixture was studied. Different amounts of the additives were added …

Effect of hydrophobic fluoropolymer and crystallinity on the hydrolytic degradation of poly (lactic acid)

Y Huang, F Chen, Y Pan, C Chen, L Jiang… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrolytic behaviors of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) films with different crystallinities (∼ 0, 30 and
40%) containing hydrophobic fluoropolymers were studied by evaluating the hydrophobicity …

[HTML][HTML] Toughening poly (lactic acid) with novel polyolefin-graft-poly (lactic acid) copolymers maintaining high transparency and stiffness

H Cai, Y Cheng, Z Zhang, L Pan, K Zhang, Y Li - Giant, 2024 - Elsevier
The combination of well-balanced mechanical performance, high transparency and
appealing eco-friendly attributes endows poly (lactic acid)(PLA) with significantly potential …