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JournalISSN: 0141-3910

Polymer Degradation and Stability 

Elsevier BV
About: Polymer Degradation and Stability is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Thermogravimetric analysis & Thermal stability. It has an ISSN identifier of 0141-3910. Over the lifetime, 9426 publications have been published receiving 373438 citations.


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James Lunt1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the various technologies being used to produce polylactic acids and how monomer stereochemistry can be controlled to impart targeted utility in the final polymers.

1,230 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the PAN fiber is first stretched and simultaneously oxidized in a temperature range of 200-300°C and then carbonized at about 1000°C in inert atmosphere which is usually nitrogen.

1,166 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have discussed various types of polymeric degradations along with their mechanisms, which include photo-oxidative degradation, thermal degradation, ozone-induced degradation, mechanochemical degradation, catalytic degradation and biodegradation.

1,054 citations

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TL;DR: The role of life cycle assessment (LCA) is discussed in this paper, a tool used for measuring environmental sustainability and identifying environmental performance-improvement objectives, and an overview of applications of LCA to PLA production and how they are utilized.

962 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, different results on the fabrication of nanocomposites based on biodegradable polymers for specific field of tissue engineering are presented, and the combination of bioresorbable polymer and nanostructures open new perspectives in the self-assembly of nanomaterials for biomedical applications with tuneable mechanical, thermal and electrical properties.

850 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
2023188
2022389
2021270
2020294
2019309
2018291