Sustainable Polylactide-Based Blends

by Suprakas Sinha Ray, Ritima Banerjee

Overview

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.

• Explains fundamental aspects of polylactide-based blends, including characterization methods and property measurement techniques
• Offers comprehensive and detailed coverage of processing, morphology and properties, all organized by blend material
• Analyzes novel methods and addresses challenges associated with PLA-based blends, with a focus on applications and market potential

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323858694
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/16/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	458
File size:	97 MB
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About the Author

Professor Suprakas Sinha Ray is a Chief Research Scientist and Manager of the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. His current research focuses on the applications of advanced nanostructured&polymeric materials. He is one of the most active and highly cited authors in the field of polymer nanocomposite materials, and he has recently been rated by Thomson Reuters as being one of the top 1% most impactful and influential scientists and top 50 high impact chemists. He is the author of 7 authored books, co-author of 5 edited books, 32 book chapters on various aspects of polymer-based nanostructured materials&their applications, and author and co-author of 430 articles in high-impact international journals.
Dr. Ritima Banerjee completed her Masters in Polymer Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD), India. After working in the polymer industry (GE Plastics and SABIC) for 7 years, she returned to academia. She taught in Delhi Technological University for two years and subsequently completed her PhD from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IITD, the area of her work being microcellular processing of thermoplastic elastomer based blends and nanocomposites. She is presently a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Calcutta Institute of Technology, India. Her research interests include microcellular processing and the structure-property-processing relationship of polymeric materials.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Terminology and dimensions of sustainability, life cycle assessment, and characteristics of sustainable polymer materials 3. Science and technology of polylactide 4. Synthesis, properties, advantages, and challenges of bio-based and biodegradable polymers used for the preparation of blends with polylactide 5. Fundamentals of polymer blend technology 6. Processing technologies for polylactide-based blends 7. Techniques for structural and morphological characterization of polymer blends 8. Mechanical models for polymer blends 9. Polylactide stereocomplex 10. Polylactide/natural rubber blends 11. Polylactide/starch blends 12. Polylactide/chitosan blends 13. Polylactide/poly(hydroxyalkanoate) blends 14. Polylactide/lignin blends 15. Polylactide/natural oil blends 16. Polylactide/poly(butylene succinate) blends 17. Polylactide/poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] blends 18. Polylactide/poly(e-caprolactone) blends 19. Polylactide/poly(butylene adipate terephthalate) blends 20. Market, current and future applications 21. Conclusions, challenges, and future outlook

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Provides a critical overview of PLA-based blends, addressing the latest advances, innovative processing techniques and fundamental issues