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Sustainable Polylactide-Based Blends provides a critical overview of the state-of-the-art in polylactide (PLA)-based blends, addressing the latest advances, innovative processing techniques and fundamental issues that persist in the field. Sections cover the fundamentals of sustainable polymeric materials, polylactide and polymer blends, current and upcoming processing technologies, structure and morphology characterization techniques for PLA and PLA-based blends, and the processing, morphology development, and properties of polylactide-based blends. Final chapters focus on current and future applications, market potential, key challenges and future outlooks.
Throughout the book, theoretical modeling of immiscible polymer blends helps to establish structure-property relationships in various PLA-based polymer blends. With in-depth coverage of fundamentals and processing techniques, the book aims to support the selection of each processing method, along with an understanding of surface chemistry to achieve improved compatibility between phases.
Terminology and dimensions of sustainability, life cycle assessment, and characteristics of sustainable polymer materials
Science and technology of polylactide
Synthesis, properties, advantages, and challenges of bio-based and biodegradable polymers used for the preparation of blends with polylactide
Fundamentals of polymer blend technology
Processing technologies for polylactide-based blends
Techniques for structural and morphological characterization of polymer blends
Mechanical models for polymer blends
Polylactide stereocomplex
Polylactide/natural rubber blends
Polylactide/starch blends
Polylactide/chitosan blends
Polylactide/poly(hydroxyalkanoate) blends
Polylactide/lignin blends
Polylactide/natural oil blends
Polylactide/poly(butylene succinate) blends
Polylactide/poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] blends
Polylactide/poly(ε-caprolactone) blends
Polylactide/poly(butylene adipate terephthalate) blends
Market, current and future applications
Conclusions, challenges, and future outlook