Biobased synthetic polyesters Polylactic fibres PLA William Carothers pioneered the production of an aliphatic polyester from lactic acid in 1932, however, the resulting polymer had poor mechanical properties and a low molecular weight. In 1954, DuPont in USA developed and patented a higher molecular weight polymer of this polyester. This type of PLA was later
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