polylactide

(pol?e-lak'tid?)

A bioabsorbable, heat-sensitive polymer made from lactic acid and used in the manufacture of sutures, meshes, patches, and stents.

Synonym: polylactic acid

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For example, polypropylene (PP) can be easily ground down and shaped, but has to be mixed 50:50 with polylactide (PLA) to maintain the consistency the printer requires.

Ocean plastic clean-up poses new problems -- Ian Lambert

This has led to the discovery of a new process called orientrusion, which enables enhancing the strength of polylactide to be completely biocompatible and absorbable.

Global Bioabsorbable Osteosynthesis Devices Market to Experience Significant Growth during the Forec

The chair, manufactured using traditional compounding and injection moulding technologies, is made from wood-based cellulose fibres, renewable and industrially compostable, thermoformable polylactide, and bio-based additives.

New bio-based material developed

Polylactide (PLA), which includes poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), has good biological safety and physical properties for use in various industries [1-5].

Supercritical Fluid Technology Parameters Affecting Size and Behavior of Stereocomplex Polylactide Particles and Their Composites

"People have done similar work with polylactide before, but we've fundamentally shown that if we control the stereochemistry, the polyesters will have improved physical and chemical properties."

Sustainable Polyolefin Develops at Virginia Tech

In both the presence and absence of polylactide beads regardless of the coating, MCF10A formed breast like structures including duct-like structures (Fig 1A).

3D HETEROGENEOUS BREAST TISSUE MICROENVIRONMENT USING POLYLACTIDE BEADS

Polylactide acid (PLA) is considered as one of the best substitutes for petroleum-based polymers [1].

Processing and Wear Behaviour of 3D Printed PLA Reinforced with Biogenic Carbon

Polylactide (PLA), a biodegradable linear aliphatic polyester, is one of the most potential materials with great environmental benefits since it offers very low toxicity and high mechanical performance.

Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality

Dubois, "Toughening of polylactide by tailoring phase-morphology with P[CL-co-LA] random copolyesters as biodegradable impact modifiers," European Polymer Journal, vol.

Toughening of Poly(L-lactide) with Blends of Poly([epsilon]-caprolactone-co-L-lactide) in the Presence of Chain Extender

Liu, "Water-permeable polylactide blend membranes for hydrophilicity-based separation," Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.

Synthesis of Poly(lactic acid)-block-poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) Copolymers with Controllable Block Structures via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Polymerization from Aminolyzed Poly(lactic acid)

Ip, "Polylactide membranes and sponges in the treatment of segmental defects in rabbit radii," Injury, vol.

Degradation Behavior of Electrospun PLA and PLA/CNT Nanofibres in Aqueous Environment

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