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Degradation of polymer blends: A brief review by La Mantia, F.P., Morreale, M., Botta, L., Mistretta, M.C., Ceraulo, M., Scaffaro, R.

“…The usefulness of any material, including polymer blends, depends on its degradability and durability. The blend composition can significantly affect the…”
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PLA based biocomposites reinforced with Arundo donax fillers by Fiore, V., Botta, L., Scaffaro, R., Valenza, A., Pirrotta, A.

“…In this work, for the first time, a natural and almost inexpensive filler obtained by grinding the culms of Arundo donax was used to prepare PLA based…”
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Preparation of three-layered porous PLA/PEG scaffold: relationship between morphology, mechanical behavior and cell permeability by Scaffaro, R., Lopresti, F., Botta, L., Rigogliuso, S., Ghersi, G.

“…Interface tissue engineering (ITE) is used to repair or regenerate interface living tissue such as for instance bone and cartilage. This kind of tissues…”
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Physical properties of virgin-recycled ABS blends: Effect of post-consumer content and of reprocessing cycles by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Di Benedetto, G.

“…Virgin/post-consumer ABS (pc-ABS) blends were re-processed and re-formed up to three times. The effect of pc-ABS content and of reprocessing cycles on the…”
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A facile method to determine pore size distribution in porous scaffold by using image processing by Lo Re, G., Lopresti, F., Petrucci, G., Scaffaro, R.

“…•A new digital imaging procedure for pore size distribution analysis was developed.•It accomplish a semi-automatic segmentation of images containing pores of…”
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Study on carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde polymeric films: mechanical properties, release kinetics and antibacterial and antibiofilm activities by Nostro, A., Scaffaro, R., D’Arrigo, M., Botta, L., Filocamo, A., Marino, A., Bisignano, G.

“…Polyethylene-co-vinylacetate (EVA) films with different concentrations (3.5 wt% and 7 wt%) of essential oil constituents, carvacrol or cinnamaldehyde, were…”
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High performance PA6/CNTs nanohybrid fibers prepared in the melt by Scaffaro, R., Maio, A., Tito, A.C.

“…Commercial and home-made carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were plasma treated under oxygen atmosphere and then added to polyamide 6 (PA6) in order to prepare fibres by…”
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Structure-properties relationships in melt reprocessed PLA/hydrotalcites nanocomposites by Scaffaro, R., Sutera, F., Mistretta, M. C., Botta, L., La Mantia, F. P.

“…In this work the effect of multiple reprocessing was studied on molecular structure, morphology and properties of poly(lactic acid)/hydrotalcites (PLA/HT)…”
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Combining in the melt physical and biological properties of poly(caprolactone) and chlorhexidine to obtain antimicrobial surgical monofilaments by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Sanfilippo, M., Gallo, G., Palazzolo, G., Puglia, A. M.

“…Bacterial infections on a sutured wound represent a critical problem, and the preparation of suture threads possessing antimicrobial properties is valuable. In…”
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Effect of small amounts of poly(lactic acid) on the recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) bottles by La Mantia, F.P., Botta, L., Morreale, M., Scaffaro, R.

“…Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the most used commodity polymers, especially for food and beverage applications, and its recycling is of great…”
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Development and characterization of essential oil component-based polymer films: a potential approach to reduce bacterial biofilm by Nostro, A., Scaffaro, R., D’Arrigo, M., Botta, L., Filocamo, A., Marino, A., Bisignano, G.

“…The development of new polymeric materials aimed to control the bacterial biofilm appears to be an important practical approach. The goal of the present study…”
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Multi-parameter in-process monitoring of clay dispersion during melt compounding with PLA by Teixeira, P. F., Sutera, F., Scaffaro, R., Covas, J. A., Hilliou, L.

“…The time evolution of organoclay particle size and volume fraction, as well as the shear viscosity, are measured in-line for a series of Poly(lactic…”
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Comparison of different processing methods to prepare poly(lactid acid)-hydrotalcite composites by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Passaglia, E., Oberhauser, W., Frediani, M., Di Landro, L.

“…The effect of the compounding method on the morphology and on the properties of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)–hydrotalcite (HT) composites was studied. Moreover, the…”
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Thermo-oxidative ageing of an organo-modified clay and effects on the properties of PA6 based nanocomposites by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Frache, A., Bellucci, F.

“…► The degradation of an organo-clay thermal treated under different atmospheres was investigated. ► The evolution of chemical composition was monitored by a…”
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Effect of adding wood flour to the physical properties of a biodegradable polymer by Morreale, M., Scaffaro, R., Maio, A., La Mantia, F.P.

“…Wood flour/polymer composites (WPC) gained a significant interest during the last decades, due to several advantages related to the use of a natural-organic…”
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A simple method to interpret the rheological behaviour of intercalated polymer nanocomposites by La Mantia, F.P., Scaffaro, R., Ceraulo, M., Mistretta, M.C., Dintcheva, N.Tz, Botta, L.

“…Nanocomposites are a new class of polymer composites that exhibit an interesting combination of chemical, physical, thermal and mechanical properties. Only…”
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Effect of temperature on the release of carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde incorporated into polymeric systems to control growth and biofilms of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by Nostro, A., Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Filocamo, A., Marino, A., Bisignano, G.

“…This study assessed the effect of temperature on the release of essential oil components incorporated by melt compounding into polymeric films. Specifically,…”
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Processing – morphology – property relationships of polyamide 6/polyethylene blend–clay nanocomposites by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Mistretta, M. C., La Mantia, F. P.

“…In this work, we studied the effect of the method of preparation and of reprocessing on the morphology and, consequently, on the physical properties of…”
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Effect of kind and content of organo-modified clay on properties of PET nanocomposites by Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Ceraulo, M., La Mantia, F. P.

“…In this work we report the properties of nanocomposite based on PET with two different samples of organically modified montmorillonites. In particular, we…”
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Processing and characterization of highly oriented fibres of biodegradable nanocomposites by La Mantia, F.P., Mistretta, M.C., Scaffaro, R., Botta, L., Ceraulo, M.

“…Biodegradable polymeric materials are becoming day by day ever more important in packaging, agriculture, single-use cutleries and other large consumer…”
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