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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimizing Tensile Strength of PLA-Lignin Bio-composites Using Machine Learning Approaches
It is imperative to accurately estimate the final performance of composite parts during the initial design phase of the manufacturing process. In generating sustainable bio composites with superior mechanical ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanical and Thermal Properties of 3D Printed Polylactic Acid Reinforced Alkaline Lignin with Epoxidized Palm Oil Bio-Composites
Fused deposition modeling (FDM), through 3D printing has an advantage of using thermoplastic polymers for fabrication of natural fiber reinforced composites (NFRC). Polylactic acid (PLA) is an extensively used...
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Chapter
Naturally Derived Biomaterials: Advances and Opportunities
Biomaterials are materials that have been formed from or created by biological organisms such as plants, animals, bacteria, fungus, and other forms of life are referred to as biologically derived materials. Bi...
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Article
Open AccessTea from the drinking to the synthesis of metal complexes and fabrication of PVA based polymer composites with controlled optical band gap
In the present study black tea extract (BTE) solution which is familiar for drinking was used to prepare cerium metal-complexes (Ce(III)-complex). The prepared Ce(III)-complex was characterized by Fourier tran...
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Article
Electrospun Porous Polylactic Acid Fibers Containing CdS for Degradation of Methylene Blue
The immobilization of photocatalyst in polymer fibers has been found to improve photodegradation of dye and recyclability of material. In this study, porous polylactic acid (PLA) fibers were utilized as photoc...
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Chapter
Polymers in Biosensors
Polymers can be conductive or nonconductive, natural or synthetic, and have been widely used in the development of biosensors; polymers can be processed at a large scale at a relatively low cost. Poly (3, 4-et...
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Chapter
Scaling-Up Recombinant Enzyme Fermentation
Bioreactor or fermenter is the heart of a process. Scaling up a bioreactor and maintaining the same optimized process in a recombinant enzyme production in a higher scale is an engineering challenge. Scale-up ...
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Article
Thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of poly (lactic acid)/epoxidized soybean oil blends
Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was melt blended with epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) in an internal mixer and thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of the blends were investigated by means of differential scann...