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Biodegradable polymer blends and composites: An overview

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Biodegradable polymers belong to a family of polymer materials that found applications ranged from medical applications including tissue engineering, wound management, drugs delivery, and orthopedic devices, to packaging and films applications. For broadening their potential applications, biodegradable polymers are modified utilizing several methods such as blending and composites forming, which lead to new materials with unique properties including high performance, low cost, and good processability. This paper reviews the recent information about the morphology of blends consisting of both biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers and associated mechanical, rheological, and thermal properties of these systems as well as their degradation behavior. In addition, the mechanical performance of composites based on biodegradable polymers is described.

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Hamad, K., Kaseem, M., Ko, Y.G. et al. Biodegradable polymer blends and composites: An overview. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 56, 812–829 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X14060054

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