Carbon Capture Utilization for Biopolymer Foam Manufacture: Thermal, Mechanical and Acoustic Performance of PCL/PHBV CO Foams.

Biopolymer foams manufactured using CO enables a novel intersection for economic, environmental, and ecological impact but limited CO solubility remains a challenge. PHBV has low solubility in CO while PCL has high CO solubility. In this paper, PCL is used to blend into PBHV.

Compostable, fully biobased foams using PLA and micro cellulose for zero energy buildings.

Ecological, health and environmental concerns are driving the need for bio-resourced foams for the building industry. In this paper, we examine foams made from polylactic acid (PLA) and micro cellulose fibrils (MCF). To ensure no volatile organic compounds in the foam, supercritical CO (sc-CO) physical foaming of melt mixed systems was conducted.