Surface modification of polylactic acid (PLA) encompasses a range of physical and chemical approaches designed to tailor interfacial properties such as wettability, roughness, functional group density ...

Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable, biocompatible polyester derived from renewable resources that has attracted considerable interest for applications ranging from sustainable packaging to ...

The product targets tray applications for fresh food, including meat and fish, and food service items such as clamshells and bowls.

Facial injections of polylactic acid, a synthetic biodegradable polymer, may help improve the debilitating facial lipoatrophy (loss of fat in the face) associated with HIV infection and its treatment, ...

DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers is generally credited with synthesizing polylactic acid (PLA) in 1932 — admittedly, he is best known for his research that led to the development of nylon — but it ...

The South Korean chemical maker LG Chem and agricultural giant ADM will not go ahead with their planned joint ventures to make lactic acid and polylactic acid (PLA) at ADM’s site in Decatur, Illinois.