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Poly(lactic acid) crystallization
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An overview of the current understanding on the fundamentals of PLA crystallization in quiescent conditions and on the practical means to enhance its rate can be found in this paper, where the most promising efforts in enhancing PLA crystallisation kinetics through plasticization or heterogeneous nucleation are reviewed.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-12-01. It has received 1144 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Crystallization.read more
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PLA composites: From production to properties
Marius Murariu,Philippe Dubois +1 more
TL;DR: This review highlights recent developments, current results and trends in the field of composites based on PLA, presents the main advances in PLA properties and reports selected results in relation to the preparation and characterization of the most representative PLA composites.
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Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors described the principles of the polymerization reactions of PLA and outlined the various materials properties affect- ing the performance of PLA polymer, such as rheological, mechanical, thermal, and barrier properties as well as the pro- cessing technologies which were used to fabricate products based on PLA.
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Poly (lactic acid) blends: Processing, properties and applications.
TL;DR: This article compares the syntheses/processing-morphology-properties interrelationships in PLA-based blends developed so far for various applications and considers favorably for biomedical applications and as the most promising substitute for petroleum-based polymers in a wide range of commodity and engineering applications.
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Poly (lactic acid) foaming
Mohammadreza Nofar,Chul B. Park +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the developments made thus far in PLA foaming can be found, where the authors have investigated the fundamentals of PLA/gas mixtures, PLA foasting mechanisms, and the effects of material modification on PLA's foaming behavior through various manufacturing technologies.
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Poly(lactic acid) stereocomplexes: A decade of progress.
TL;DR: A decade of progress in investigation of PLA SCs is summarized and a wide variety of SCs other than PLA SC are found to have been formed in the enantiomeric substituted PLA blends and stereo block substituted PLA polymers.
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A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid)
TL;DR: In this article, a literature review is presented regarding the synthesis, and physicochemical, chemical, and mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid)(PLA), with an orthorhombic unit cell.
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An Overview of Polylactides as Packaging Materials
TL;DR: The aim of this paper is to review the production techniques for PLAs, summarize the main properties of PLA and to delineate the main advantages and disadvantages of PLA as a polymeric packaging material.
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Processing technologies for poly(lactic acid)
TL;DR: In this paper, structural, thermal, crystallization, and rheological properties of PLA are reviewed in relation to its converting processes, including extrusion, injection molding, injection stretch blow molding and casting.
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Poly(lactic acid): plasticization and properties of biodegradable multiphase systems
O Martin,Luc Avérous +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, thermoplastic starch (TPS) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) were combined with polyethylene glycol and oligomeric lactic acid (OLA) to obtain a significant decrease in glass transition temperature (Tg) shift and mechanical properties improvement.
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Properties of lactic acid based polymers and their correlation with composition
Anders Södergård,Mikael Stolt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the properties of lactic acid based polymers and the correlation to the structure of the polymers are discussed, including the thermophysical properties, the solubility, the miscibility, and the mechanical properties.