A facile strategy for enhancing tensile toughness of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) by blending of a cellulose bio-toughener bearing a highly branched polycaprolactone
Roshaan Zafar, Woojin Lee, Seung‐Yeop Kwak
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceUltimate tensile strengthPolycaprolactoneToughnessDifferential scanning calorimetryComposite materialTensile testingFourier transform infrared spectroscopyPolylactic acidThermal stabilityChemical engineeringPolymerPhysicsThermodynamicsEngineeringbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionNanocomposite Films for Food Packaging