Studies on melt processing and rheology of poly lactic acid and its efficacy in recyclable bionanocomposite biodiesel and biolubricant

Abstract

The overall aim of the present study is to focus on the melt processing and rheology of poly lactic acid PLA and its efficacy towards the fabrication of recyclable bionanocomposite and its end use application as a biolubricant and biodiesel additive PLA is known to have poor melt strength which is a major limitation for melt processing and recycling using the conversional technologies In this thesis melt stabilization of PLA has been attained through melt extrusion with thermally stable