Hydrolytic degradation and biodegradation of polylactic acid electrospun fibers

• Main Authors: Soo, Debbie Xiang Yun, Jia, Linran, Lim, Qi Feng, Chua, Ming Hui, Wang, Suxi, Hui, Hui Kim, See, Regine Jia Min, Chen, Yunjie, Li, Jiuwei, Wei, Fengxia, Tomczak, Nikodem, Kong, Junhua, Loh, Xian Jun, Fei, Xunchang, Zhu, Qiang
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Biodegradation; Electrospun fibers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178121
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Increased use of bioplastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decreases energy consumption and lowers pollution, but its degradation efficiency has much room for improvement. The degradation rate of electrospun PLA fibers of varying diameters ranging from 0...