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Nano-biocomposites: Biodegradable polyester/nanoclay systems
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In the recent years, bio-based products have raised great interest since sustainable development policies tend to expand with the decreasing reserve of fossil fuel and the growing concern for the environment.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2009-02-01. It has received 904 citations till now.read more
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Physical and mechanical properties of PLA, and their functions in widespread applications - A comprehensive review.
TL;DR: The main purpose of this review is to elaborate the mechanical and physical properties that affect PLA stability, processability, degradation, PLA-other polymers immiscibility, aging and recyclability, and therefore its potential suitability to fulfill specific application requirements.
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Bio-nanocomposites for food packaging applications
TL;DR: The most promising nanoscale fillers are layered silicate nanoclays such as montmorillonite and kaolinite as mentioned in this paper, which can provide active and/or smart properties to food packaging systems.
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Natural-based plasticizers and biopolymer films: A review
TL;DR: The use of natural and/or biodegradable plasticizers, with low toxicity and good compatibility with several plastics, resins, rubber and elastomers in substitution of conventional plasticizers attracted the market along with the increasing worldwide trend towards use of biopolymers.
Physical and mechanical properties of PLA, and their functions in widespread applications — A comprehensive review
TL;DR: In this paper, the main purpose of this review is to elaborate the mechanical and physical properties that affect its stability, processability, degradation, immiscibility, aging and recyclability, and therefore its potential suitability to fulfill specific application requirements.
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Polylactide (PLA)-based nanocomposites
TL;DR: A recent review as mentioned in this paper highlights the main researches and developments in polylactide-based nanocomposites during this last decade, highlighting the main applications of PLA in automotive and electronics.
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Newly developed nanocomposites from cellulose acetate/layered silicate/poly(ε-caprolactone): Synthesis and morphological characterization
TL;DR: In this paper, the structures of the resulting composites were investigated using X-ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy, which revealed that OMLSs having hydroxyl groups in the organic modifiers greatly altered the layered silicate structure by monomer intercalation and successive exfoliation through its polymerization.
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Advances in properties and biodegradability of co-continuous, immicisible, biodegradable, polymer blends
TL;DR: In this article, a series of blends consisting of polylactic acid (PLA) and aliphatic succinate polyester (Bionolle#3000) have been prepared.
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Effect of Thermal History on Structural Changes in Melt‐Intercalated Poly(ε‐caprolactone)/Organoclay Nanocomposites Investigated by Dynamic Viscoelastic Relaxation Measurements
Seung-Yeop Kwak,Kwang Sei Oh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relative molecular mobility of poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) nanocomposites in the given experimental conditions considering the Williams-Landel-Ferry equation and the Arrhenius relationship between the horizontal shift factor and the activation energy of flow was investigated.
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Solid-state NMR study of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/clay nanocomposites
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Layered silicate/polyester nanohybrids by controlled ring-opening polymerization
Bénédicte Lepoittevin,Nadège Pantoustier,Michaël Alexandre,Cédric Calberg,Robert Jérôme,Philippe Dubois +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a ring-opening polymerization of e-caprolactone was used to synthesize polyester-grafted layered silicate/aliphatic polyester nanohybrids.