Introduction to Polylactic Acid (PLA) Composites

Graninger, Georg; Falzon, Brian; Kumar, Sandeep

doi:10.1201/9781003160458-1

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“…PLA, an FDA‐approved thermoplastic monomer (Pines et al, 2008), is widely used in food handling (Marano et al, 2022), 3D printing (Marșavina et al, 2022) and promising for 4D printing (Lin et al, 2022) and medical applications (Schätzlein et al, 2022). PLA is not toxic in solid form nor carcinogenic in the human body (Rogers, 2015). When introduced into the human body, PLA hydrolyzes to alpha‐hydroxy acid then processed into the tricarboxylic acid cycle and excreted (Konta et al, 2017).…”

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“…When introduced into the human body, PLA hydrolyzes to alpha‐hydroxy acid then processed into the tricarboxylic acid cycle and excreted (Konta et al, 2017). However, PLA can be toxic, if it is inhaled or absorbed into the skin or eyes as a vapor or liquid (Rogers, 2015). PLA can be derived from renewable sources like corn starch (Rogers, 2015), different microorganisms (Mehmood et al, 2023) including microalgae (Bussa et al, 2019).…”

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“…However, PLA can be toxic, if it is inhaled or absorbed into the skin or eyes as a vapor or liquid (Rogers, 2015). PLA can be derived from renewable sources like corn starch (Rogers, 2015), different microorganisms (Mehmood et al, 2023) including microalgae (Bussa et al, 2019). The free‐lipid biomass from Nannochloropsis salina was utilized as a feedstock for Lactobacillus pentosus in fermentation process to produce lactic acid, and the results showed that lactic acid yield was 93% from 3 to 25 g L −1 sugar (Talukder et al, 2012).…”

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New insights into Chlorella vulgaris applications

Al‐Hammadi,

Güngörmüşler

2024

Biotech & Bioengineering

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Environmental pollution is a big challenge that has been faced by humans in contemporary life. In this context, fossil fuel, cement production, and plastic waste pose a direct threat to the environment and biodiversity. One of the prominent solutions is the use of renewable sources, and different organisms to valorize wastes into green energy and bioplastics such as polylactic acid. Chlorella vulgaris, a microalgae, is a promising candidate to resolve these issues due to its ease of cultivation, fast growth, carbon dioxide uptake, and oxygen production during its growth on wastewater along with biofuels, and other productions. Thus, in this article, we focused on the potential of Chlorella vulgaris to be used in wastewater treatment, biohydrogen, biocement, biopolymer, food additives, and preservation, biodiesel which is seen to be the most promising for industrial scale, and related biorefineries with the most recent applications with a brief review of Chlorella and polylactic acid market size to realize the technical/nontechnical reasons behind the cost and obstacles that hinder the industrial production for the mentioned applications. We believe that our findings are important for those who are interested in scientific/financial research about microalgae.

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Section: Applicationsmentioning

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New insights into Chlorella vulgaris applications

Al‐Hammadi,

Güngörmüşler

2024

Biotech & Bioengineering

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“…11 Market analysis reports suggest that this will continue to increase with an estimated compound annual growth rate of 21.4% from 2023 to 2030. 9 To date, the most successful route for the production of high molecular weight PLA is the ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) of lactide (LA). This method also facilitates enhanced control over other polymer macromolecular properties including polydispersity, stereoselectivity and nature of end-groups.…”

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