[EN] Compounds derived from essential oils have been used in active packaging, but their volatility and degradability negatively affect stability and leads to high release rates. The present study aimed to develop PLA ...
Agüero Rodríguez, Ángel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-02)
[EN] Framed within the approach of a circular economy, this doctoral thesis studies the possibilities on the use of agricultural by-products for the manufacture of materials that could potentially replace polymers of ...
[EN] Environmentally friendly composites from poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and diatomaceous earth (DE) were successfully manufactured by extrusion, followed by injection moulding. DE was used as a filler; several compatibiliz ...
Agüero Rodríguez, Ángel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-11-19)
[ES] La tecnología de envasado de alimentos perecederos lleva años siendo objeto de
constantes innovaciones
y mejoras, muchas de ellas gracias al empleo de materiales
poliméricos. Una de las soluciones más ...
[EN] Green composites made of polylactide (PLA) and short flaxseed fibers (FFs) at 20 wt % were successfully compounded by twin-screw extrusion (TSE) and subsequently shaped into pieces by injection molding. The linen waste ...
[EN] In the last decade, among the emerging technologies in the area of bioplastics, additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, stands out. This technology has gained great interest in the development ...
Agüero Rodríguez, Ángel; Hidalgo-Carvajal, David; Lascano, Diego; Sepúlveda, Javiera; Arrieta, Marina Patricia; Carrasco-Gallego, Ruth; M. Muneta, María Luisa(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-06)
[ES] Atendiendo a la vinculación directa de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS) con el mundo ingenieril, en este trabajo se plantea una actividad docente centrada en fomentar la economía circular de la Escuela ...
[EN] This research is focused on manufacturing and characterization of hybrid composite laminates obtained different stacking sequences of basalt and flax fabrics with silane treatments embedded in a partially bio-sourced ...
[EN] Maleinized linseed oil (MLO) has been successfully used as biobased compatibilizer in polyester blends. Its effciency as compatibilizer in polymer composites with organic and inorganic fillers, compared to other ...
Agüero, Ángel; Corral Perianes, Esther; Abarca de las Muelas, Sara Soledad; Lascano-Aimacaña, Diego Sebastián; García-Soto, María del Mar de la Fuente; Peltzer, Mercedes Ana; Balart, Rafael; Arrieta, Marina Patricia(MDPI AG, 2023-01)
[EN] In this study, yerba mate waste (YMW) was used to produce a kombucha beverage, and the obtained microbial cellulose produced as a byproduct (KMW) was used to reinforce a mechanically recycled poly(lactic acid) (r¿PLA) ...
[EN] This article proposes a foaming method using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO(2)) to obtain compostable bionanocomposite foams based on PLA and organoclay (C30B) where this bionanocomposite was fabricated by a ...
Agüero, Ángel; Morcillo, Maria del Carmen; Quiles-Carrillo, Luis; Balart, Rafael; Boronat, Teodomiro; Lascano-Aimacaña, Diego Sebastián; Torres-Giner, Sergio; Fenollar, Octavio(MDPI AG, 2019-12)
[EN] This research work aims to study the influence of the reprocessing cycles on the mechanical, thermal, and thermomechanical properties of polylactide (PLA). To this end, PLA was subjected to as many as six extrusion ...
[EN] Spent coffee grounds have been successfully used as an alternative infusion for kombucha fermentation (spent coffee kombucha, SCK). The obtained by-product of this fermentation consists of a kombucha bacterial cellulose ...
[EN] This work reports the development and characterization of green composites based on polylactide (PLA) containing fillers and additives obtained from by-products or waste-streams from the linen processing industry. ...