“…Mineral fillers such as platy talc (Mg 3 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2 ) (Courgneau et al 2012, Jain et al 2012, Ouchiar et al 2015, Buzarovska et al 2016, Ouchiar et al 2016, Ghassemi et al 2017, Amirabadi et al 2018, Lee et al 2020, Helanto et al 2021a, Helanto et al 2021b, Helanto et al 2022, platy kaolin (composed mainly of kaolinite (Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 )) (Matusik et al 2011, Ouchiar et al 2015, Segura González et al 2015, Ouchiar et al 2016, Helanto et al 2021a, Helanto et al 2022, and more irregularly shaped calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) (Sabzi et al 2012, Piekarska et al 2017, Rocha et al 2018, Aliotta et al 2019, Helanto et al 2021a, Helanto et al 2022) have been combined with PLA matrix to improve its properties. Fillers have multiple ways of enhancing the barrier properties.…”