By considering the high biocompatibility and well-known regenerative potential of polylactic acid (PLA) and chitosan (CH), as well as the versatile antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) ...

Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable plastics based on biomass-derived compounds are attracting attention as an ...

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering of China, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China ...

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.

A polyester-type biodegradable plastic could be formed by using L-lactic acid as the raw material for polylactic acid ... we hope to achieve the synthesis of nylon precursors that have a low ...

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have synthesized biodegradable nylon precursors using biomass-derived compounds like L-alanine. The process incorporates artificial photosynthesis with solar ...

A starch-based bioplastic called polylactic acid (PLA) is primarily utilised in a variety of applications ... residues and plant-based materials for developing eco-friendly bioplastics is particularly ...

Graft copolymers belong to the general class of segmented copolymers and generally consist of a linear backbone of one composition and randomly distributed branches of a different composition. They ...

Simvastatin at different concentrations of 10 μl was injected into L3/4, L4/5 and L5/6 intervertebral discs in each group. Poly (ethylene glycol) -poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) -poly (ethylene glycol ...