Polylactic acid (PLA)
Porous Electrospun Nanofiber from Biomass Based Polyester Blends of Polylactic Acid and Polybutylene Succinate
... polyesters, polylactic acid (PLA) has been consi- dered as one of the most interesting and promising biodegradable materials and has been the material of choice to be used in various medical applications, ...
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Physicomechanical Properties of Nanobiocomposite Composed of Polylactic Acid and Biogenic Nano Hydroxyapatite
... The number of patients suffering from bone problems such as bone degradation and bone defects besides other related problems develops at an alarming percentage. Research is underway to decrease this figure since most ...
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Hybrid composites of silica glass fibre/nano hydroxyapatite/polylactic acid for medical application
... Fibre reinforced composites (FRC) have shown great potential for the application of internal bone fixation due to mechanical properties that are similar to those of human cortical bones. Ternary composites of silica ...
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In-vitro evaluation of Polylactic acid (PLA) manufactured by fused deposition modeling
... of polylactic acid in a way that would have a cytotoxic effect on cellular growth under the chosen study ...(poly(glycolic acid)) was used, therefore the com- parison is misleading but it underlines ...
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An insight on the process–property relationships of melt spun polylactic acid fibers
... Polylactic acid (PLA) fibers are receiving growing interest as one of the recent innovative materials being developed for various applications. The inherent biodegradability of PLA makes it highly ...
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Damping Properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Rubber/Polylactic Acid Blends
... Germany; polylactic acid (PLA): 2003D, Nature Works, USA; dicumyl peroxide (DCP): Rhenocure VC-40CC, 40% wt on an inert carrier; triallylisocyanurate (TAIC): Rhenofit TAIC/s; polycarbodi- mide (PCD): ...
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ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF FLUORESCENT BENZANTHRONE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND IN POLYLACTIC ACID FILM
... Pure polylactic acid (PLA) and antimicrobial PLA films were prepared by solvent casting method. Polylactic acid (0.5 g) was dissolved in 10 ml chloroform and 5 x 10 -4 g compound B was added ...
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Fused Deposition Modelling of Natural Fibre/Polylactic Acid Composites
... Abstract: Fused deposition modelling is a simple additive manufacturing technology utilising fine filament extrusion of predominantly thermoplastic materials to build 3D objects layer by layer. This research explores the ...
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McIndoe Operation without Skin Graft: A New Neovaginal Prosthesis of Polylactic Acid (PLA)
... Both the prosthesis body and plate have been fabricated with PLA (polylactic acid), a material that has been chosen due to its biocompatibility and stimulation of epithelial regeneration properties [32-37]. ...
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Interface properties of bio-based composites of polylactic acid and bamboo fibers
... Environmental impact plays an ever-increasing role in the industrial production of materials, and because of its importance, the scientific community is examining a wide variety of new materials that are more ...
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Crystallinity, Mechanical, and Antimicrobial properties of Polylactic acid / microcrystalline cellulose /Silver Nanocomposites
... X-ray diffrction pattern of polylactic acid shows two peaks located at 2θ= 16°.5 and 18.8° with sharp peak for first peak indicating semi crystalline structure as shown in Fig.1 which agree well with ...
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Tensile Properties of Durian Skin Fibre Reinforced Plasticized Polylactic Acid Biocomposites
... This research investigates the effects of plasticizer and durian skin fibre (DSF) loading on tensile and morphological properties of polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposites. Epoxidized palm oil (EPO) was added ...
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Study the mechanical and thermal properties of biodegradable polylactic acid/poly ethylene glycol nanocomposites
... materials. Polylactic acid (PLA) is the most attractive biodegradable polymer for food packaging applications by several advantages such as its high transparency, good mechanical properties, renewable ...
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INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CARBONIC AGENT AND NANOCLAY ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE POLYLACTIC ACID BASED NANOCOMPOSITES
... Abstract. The objective of this study is to investigate the eects of carbonic agent and nanoclay loading level on the properties of the added ame retardant and plasticized polylactic acid (PLA) composites. ...
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Analysis on temperature setting for extruding polylactic acid using open source 3D printer
... The Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology has been developed since its original introduction, leading to a significant improvement in the manufacture of high-quality finished products. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is a RP ...
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Microwave Assisted Modification of Carbon Nanotubes with Biocompatible Polylactic Acid
... Polylactic acid (PLA) was successfully covalently grafted onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) by mi- crowave-assisted polymerization of lactide ...
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STUDY OF DIFFERENT PROCESSING PARAMETERS FOR POLYLACTIC ACID MICROSPHERES FORMULATIONS
... It has many advantages over the other techniques since it is known for its simplicity, its low cost and short preparation time, and the good reproducibility and consistency of obtained results 7, 8, 9 . Polylactic ...
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Biodegradable Polylactic acid and Polylactic acid/Hydroxyapatite Coated Iron Foams for Bone Replacement Materials
... The manufactured iron scaffolds were coated with polymer polylactic acid (PLA) and composite polylactic acid/hydroxyapatite (PLA/HAp) coatings, respectively. PLA granules supplied by Sigma ...
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Fire-resistant flax - reinforced polypropylene / polylactic acid composites with optimised fire and mechanical performances
... flax/polylactic acid (flax/PLA) prior to melt pressing stacked layers of such fabrics in order to make fire resistant composites has been previously ...
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Electrospun Polylactic Acid Based Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications
... Electrospinning technique has excellent advantages such as tunable functionality, thin fibers with large surface areas, ease of processing and good physical properties. Electrospinning provides wide usage area with these ...
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