Concurrent solvent induced crystallization and hydrolytic degradation of PLA by water-ethanol solutions
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The degradation of PCL and PLA are carried out through the cleavage of ester bonds.
“It is well known that the degradation of PCL and PLA are carried out through the cleavage of ester bonds [26]”
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“It is well known that the degradation of PCL and PLA are carried out through the cleavage of ester bonds [26], and the degradation behavior of degradable polymers has a close relationship with the crystalline state [27].”
Background
- Authors
- Iñiguez-Franco, F., Auras, R., Burgess, G., Holmes, D., Fang, X., Rubino, M., & Soto-Valdez, H.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Saint-Gobain (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Auras, Rafael
- Venue
- Polymer
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 99
- Pages
- 315-323
- ISSN
- 0032-3861 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2462691932
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 62
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- FWCI
- 4.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 324 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Polymer (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Mexican National Council for Science and Technology
- Mexican Secretariat of Public Education
- Government of Mexico
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Michigan AgBioResearch
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer Science and PVC
- Keywords
- polylactic acid, hydrolytic degradation, solvent-induced crystallization, ethanol, water sorption, lactic acid release, crystallinity, glass transition temperature, α-form crystals, biodegradable polymers, degradation modeling
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