Sustainable Polylactide-Based Composites
Ray, Suprakas Sinha (Chief Research Scientist and Manager of the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa) / Banerjee, Ritima (Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta Institute of Technology, India, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa) Sustainable Polylactide-Based Composites integrates fundamental knowledge pertaining to manufacturing and characterization of polymer composites with a thorough and critical overview of the state-of-the-art in PLA-based composites, including significant past and recent advances. The book begins with insights into the basics of polymer composites, with special reference to sustainable composites, as well as fundamental knowledge related to PLA....