Polylactic acid, also known as poly(lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA), is a thermoplastic polyester (or polyhydroxyalkanoate) with backbone formula (C...

Perminus (May 2006). "Morphology and Properties of Soy Protein and Polylactide Blends". Biomacromolecules. 7 (5): 1551–1561. doi:10.1021/bm050888p....

inorganic bases in solution. Lactide can be polymerized to polylactic acid (polylactide). Depending on the catalyst, syndiotactic or a heterotactic polymers...

example the double lactone called lactide polymerizes to polylactic acid (polylactide). The resulting polylactic acid has been heavily investigated for commercial...

devices, owing to its degradation which is even slower than that of polylactide. PCL has been widely used in long-term implants and controlled drug release...

polyglycolides and polylactides, silk is advantageous in some aspects of biodegradation. The acidic degraded products of polyglycolides and polylactides will decrease...

to produce vitrimers, such as aromatic polyesters, polylactic acid (polylactide), polyhydroxyurethanes, epoxidized soybean oil with citric acid, and...

presence of catalysts lactide polymerize to either atactic or syndiotactic polylactide (PLA), which are biodegradable polyesters. PLA is an example of a plastic...

feedstock energy, which can be obtained from non-fossil fuel based methods. Polylactide (PLA) was estimated to have a fossil fuel energy cost of 54-56.7 from...

Tetrahedron-shaped tea bags made of polylactide (PLA), a bioplastic, shown here containing dried peppermint leaves...