Properties of Stereocomplex PLA for Melt Spinning.

Fibers made from biopolymers are one solution for conserving both resources and the environment. However, these fibers currently have limited strengths, which limit their use for textile applications. In this paper, a biopolymer stereocomplex poly(-lactide) (scPLA) formation on a technical scale of high-molecular-weight poly(D-lactide) (PDLA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) is presented.