Fire retardancy behavior of PLA based nanocomposites

• Main Authors: Herrero, Berta, Plancher, Emeric, Santarén, Julio, Esteban, Antonio, Lim, Szu-Hui, González, Alfonso, Dasari, Aravind
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97310; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10548
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To understand and improve the fire retardancy behavior of polylactic acid, we have incorporated two structurally different additives, sepiolite and organically modified montmorillonite. A novel approach (combination of electrospinning and extrusion/injection molding) is employed to address critical...