Auras / Lim / Selke Poly(lactic acid)

Synthesis, Structures, Properties, Processing, and Applications
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-08813-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 528 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series on Plastics Engineering and Technology

This book describes the synthesis, properties, and processing methods of poly(lactic acid) (PLA), an important family of degradable plastics. As the need for environmentally-friendly packaging materials increases, consumers and companies are in search for new materials that are largely produced from renewable resources, and are recyclable. To that end, an overall theme of the book is the biodegradability, recycling, and sustainability benefits of PLA. The chapters, from a base of international expert contributors, describe specific processing methods, spectroscopy techniques for PLA analysis, and and applications in medical items, packaging, and environmental use.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Auras, Rafael A.

Lim, Loong-Tak

Selke, Susan E. M.

Tsuji, Hideto

Über Autor(innen)

Rafael Auras is an Assistant Professor in the School ofPackaging at Michigan State University. He has authored orcoauthored more than sixty publications. His research areas includemass transfer in polymers, biodegradable and compostable polymers,life cycle assessment, packaging waste, and sustainable packagingsystems.
Loong-Tak Lim is an Associate Professor in the Department ofFood Science at the University of Guelph. Dr. Lim is author andcoauthor of more than twenty journal articles, a holder of threepatents, and has given twenty-one conference presentations.
Susan Selke is Professor and Associate Director in the School ofPackaging at Michigan State University. Her research activities andinterests include life-cycle analysis, biodegradable and biobasedplastics, plastics composites, active packaging, microcellularfoaming of plastics, plastics recycling, and related areas. She hasauthored or coauthored more than 170 publications, including ninebooks.
Hideto Tsuji is a Professor in the Department of EcologicalEngineering, Graduate School of Engineering at Toyohashi Universityof Technology. He has authored or coauthored more than a hundredacademic papers, has edited three books, and holds twelvepatents.