{"title":"Poly (Lactic Acid): Green and Sustainable Plastics","authors":"Y. Dahman","doi":"10.4172/2167-7972.1000E121","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is one of the most versatile environmentfriendly biodegradable thermoplastic polyester. It is linear aliphatic thermoplastic polyester derived from 100% green and renewable sources such as corn (Figure 1). PLA has wide range of properties such as bio-compatibility, bio-degradability, less toxicity, vast range of mechanical properties and the ability to be molded into different shapes. These properties make it a very suitable material for applications similar to plastics and more widely in biomedical fields [1]. Low molecular weight PLA was produced by Carother et al. in 1932. The first marketing of PLA for medical purpose was initiated by E. I.","PeriodicalId":12351,"journal":{"name":"Fermentation Technology","volume":"2014 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fermentation Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-7972.1000E121","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is one of the most versatile environmentfriendly biodegradable thermoplastic polyester. It is linear aliphatic thermoplastic polyester derived from 100% green and renewable sources such as corn (Figure 1). PLA has wide range of properties such as bio-compatibility, bio-degradability, less toxicity, vast range of mechanical properties and the ability to be molded into different shapes. These properties make it a very suitable material for applications similar to plastics and more widely in biomedical fields [1]. Low molecular weight PLA was produced by Carother et al. in 1932. The first marketing of PLA for medical purpose was initiated by E. I.
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