Biocides are additives able to kill and stop bacteria or fungi proliferation, to prevent degradation of polymer’s physical and sensorial properties, both within the material and at its surface. They act as a complementary technique for cleaning,...

Bioplastics production has grown 6-fold from 0.26 million metric tonnes in 2007 to roughly 1.5 million tonnes by year end 2011. Bioplastics finished product manufacturing is advancing rapidly across key technology areas namely, (1) high barrier...

Methyl acrylate (MA) monomer was graft copolymerized onto fibers derived from waste biomass and used to explore the additive effect of vinyl acrylate (VA) and ethyl acrylate (EA) on percentage grafting and the properties of natural fiber, in binary...

This invention relates to the dispersion of cellulose esters in elastomers as small particles to improve the mechanical and physical properties of the elastomer. Polar cellulose esters (CE) are incompatible with non-polar elastomers. In addition,...

PP/CF composites were prepared and the effect of lignin incorporation in the presence and absence of compatibilizer (maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene, PP-g-MA) was investigated by means of mechanical, thermal and morphological properties....