Materiales avanzados
Materiales avanzados
Study on the Properties of PLA- and PP-Based Films for Food Applications Incorporating Orange Peel Extract from Agricultural by-Products
29/04/2024 -
The aim of this work was to develop active packaging based on polypropylene (PP) and polylactic acid (PLA) matrices using a high value by-product extracted from orange peel as an active compound for...
Enhanced Bone Healing in Critical-Sized Rabbit Femoral Defects: Impact of Helical and Alternate Scaffold Architectures
29/04/2024 -
This study investigates the effect of scaffold architecture on bone regeneration, focusing on 3D-printed polylactic acid–bioceramic calcium phosphate (PLA-bioCaP) composite scaffolds in...
Characterization of Biodegradable Polymers for Porous Structure: Further Steps toward Sustainable Plastics
19/04/2024 -
Plastic pollution poses a significant environmental challenge, necessitating the investigation of bioplastics with reduced end-of-life impact. This study systematically characterizes four promising...
Evaluation of the Viability of 3D Printing in Recycling Polymers
16/04/2024 -
The increased use of plastics in industrial and agricultural applications has led to high levels of pollution worldwide and is a significant challenge. To address this plastic pollution, conventional...
OH End-Capped Silicone as an Effective Nucleating Agent for Polylactide—A Robotizing Method for Evaluating the Mechanical Characteristics of PLA/Silicone Blends
18/04/2024 -
Current research on materials engineering focuses mainly on bio-based materials. One of the most frequently studied materials in this group is polylactide (PLA), which is a polymer derived from...
Exploring the substrate spectrum of phylogenetically distinct bacterial polyesterases
09/04/2024 -
Graphical Abstract and Lay SummaryOver the last years, utilization of enzymes in degradation of polymers has emerged as an environmentally friendly asset in tackling the pressing challenges of...
Polylactic acid/epoxidized linseed oil/polypropylene grafted maleic anhydride: A promising combination of toughness and rigidity
09/04/2024 -
Hybrid polymeric materials with outstanding microwave absorbing properties were prepared by in situ polymerization of aniline in the presence of EVA/CNT/GNP suspension.AbstractMicrowave?absorbing...
Fabrication of the Flexible, Biocompatible, and Permeable Graphene/PLA Strain Sensor for Wearable Devices
30/03/2024 -
Real-time human motion monitoring is of importance particularly for patients after surgery, and wearable devices should be chemically inert, nontoxic, and biocompatible to human body, and should...
Embracing Sustainability: The World of Bio-Based Polymers in a Mini Review
30/03/2024 -
The proliferation of polymer science and technology in recent decades has been remarkable, with synthetic polymers derived predominantly from petroleum-based sources dominating the market. However,...
Failure mode analysis and prediction model of additively manufactured continuous carbon fiber?reinforced polylactic acid
27/03/2024 -
Failure model optimization study of additively manufactured CCFRCs.Carbon fiber?reinforced composites are widely used in aerospace, rail transportation, and new energy vehicles due to their small...
Biobased Composites of Poly(Lactic Acid) Melt Compounded with Bacterial and Vegetal Nanocelluloses Incorporated through Different Strategies
25/03/2024 -
In the current contribution, bacterial nanocellulose obtained from a by-product of Kombucha tea production and vegetal nanocellulose isolated from milled rice husks were employed as fillers of...
Comparing the Aging Processes of PLA and PE: The Impact of UV Irradiation and Water
22/03/2024 -
The aging processes of microplastics (MPs) are prevalent in natural environments. Understanding the aging mechanisms of MPs is crucial for assessing their environmental behavior and potential risks....
Crystallinity and mechanical properties of polypropylene products foamed by microcellular injection molding process
16/03/2024 -
The crosslinking of the PLA/AES blend with dicumyl peroxide in the molten state formed a tough material, suggesting the formation of PLA?g?AES.AbstractAcrylonitrile?EPDM?styrene (AES) was applied as...
Mechanical Characteristics of Individualized Biodegradable Augmentation Scaffold—In Vitro Pilot Study
20/03/2024 -
The alveolar ridge reconstruction of vertical and combined bone defects is a non-predictable procedure with varying percentages of success. The greatest challenge for vertical and combined bone...
Valorization of Agro-Wastes as Fillers in PLA-Based Biocomposites for Increasing Sustainability in Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing
20/03/2024 -
The use of wheat middlings (WM) and rice husks (RH) as biofillers for mixing with poly(lactic acid) (PLA) matrix to produce new 3D-printable biocomposites was assessed. Filaments containing 10 and 20...
Isobornyl and Isocamphyl Photostabilizers in Poly(lactic acid)-Based Electrospun Fibers
20/03/2024 -
In this work, electrospun polylactide fibers with new photostabilizing additives, 4-methyl-2,6-diisobornylphenol (DIBP) and N-isocamphylaniline (NICA), have been tested under the influence of UV-C...
Surface Durability of 3D-Printed Polymer Gears
17/03/2024 -
This paper proposes a series of experimental determinations carried out with the aim of generating new conclusions regarding the ability of 3D-printed gears to be integrated into mechanisms without...
Mechanical Properties of Lattice Structures with a Central Cube: Experiments and Simulations
14/03/2024 -
In this study, a new structure is proposed based on the body-centered cubic (BCC) lattice structure by adding a cubic truss in the center of the BCC structure and denoting it TLC...
Foaming of 3D-Printed PLA/CaCO3 Composites by Supercritical CO2 Process for Sustainable Food Contact Materials
13/03/2024 -
In the last decade, among the emerging technologies in the area of bioplastics, additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, stands out. This technology has gained great interest...
Bilayered porous composite scaffolds for enhanced treatment of bone cancer through chemo-photothermal combination therapy
11/03/2024 -
The combination of therapeutic materials and biocompatible scaffolds to create multifunctional scaffolds with therapeutic and restorative functions has been investigated as a new therapeutic...
Bio-Composite Filaments Based on Poly(Lactic Acid) and Cocoa Bean Shell Waste for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF): Production, Characterization and 3D Printing
08/03/2024 -
In this study, novel biocomposite filaments incorporating cocoa bean shell waste (CBSW) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) were formulated for application in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology....
