Fabiola Iñiguez-Franco

TL;DR: A review of the current status of PLA mass production, processing techniques and current applications is presented, and the methods to tailor PLA properties, the main PLA degradation reactions, PLA products' end-of-life scenarios and the environmental footprint are covered.

TL;DR: In this paper, poly(lactic acid) films were immersed in pure water, 50% and 95% ethanol solutions for up to 180 days, and the change in molecular weight, sorption of water and ethanol, and lactic acid released were monitored.

TL;DR: Active membranes and food packaging containing antioxidants like catechin and epicatechin, combined with the use of materials made of biopolymers obtained from renewable sources, could create a novel alternative to reduce oxidation in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products.

TL;DR: A comprehensive, systematic, and critical review of more than 300 papers published since 1990 reporting the mass transfer properties of PLA, which include permeability, diffusion and solubility to gases, water vapor and organic vapors, along with migration of chemical compounds from PLA, is presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the chemical recycling of PLA by hydrolysis in water-ethanol solutions at moderate temperatures and the kinetic parameters of the PLA, rate constant and activation energy (Ea) were assessed.