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. 2019 Jun 28;11(7):1094. doi: 10.3390/polym11071094

Table 3.

Biodegradable filaments.

Matrix Matrix Trade Name Filler Filler Trade Name Filler Content (%) Filler Chemical Treatment Compatibilizer Toughneing Agent Plasticizer Diameter (mm) Type of Test 1 Ref.
PLA / Paulownia wood / 25 / / / / 1.75 T [3]
/ Orange wood / 25 / / / / 1.75 T [3]
Ingeo 4032D Aspen sawdust Laboratory 5 / / / / 1.75 T [9]
Ingeo 4032D Bamboo Faber-Castell 20 / / / PEG600
Ester
1.75 / [17]
/ Poplar wood / 30 / / / Glycerol
Tributyl citrate
1.75 T [21]
Ingeo 2003D Wood powder Laboratory 0–50 / / / / 1.75 FT-F [23,46]
Ingeo 2003D Pine lignin MWV Chemicals 5 / / / / 1.75 T [38]
Ingeo 4032D Poplar wood / 10 / Graft copolymers Glycidyl methacrylate Dicumyl peroxide TPU, POE
10 wt %
Aliphatic polyesters
10 wt %
/ T-F-I [39]
Ingeo 4032D Cork powder Amorim Revestimentos 5 / / / Tributyl citrate
5 wt %
1.75 T [45]
/ Bamboo Bambooder Fibers 15 / / / cPLA1–cPLA2 2.85 FT [48]
/ Flax Lineo 15 / / / cPLA1–cPLA2 2.85 FT [48]
Ingeo 4043D TMP Norske Skog Saugbrugs 10–20 Lauryl Gallate Octyl Gallate / / / 2.2 FT-T [49]
Ingeo 4032D Poplar wood / 0–10 / / POE / 1.75 I [65]
Ingeo 4032D Sugarcane Guangzhou Inst. 3–15 Alkaline / / / 1.75 T-F [67]
Ingeo 3052D Harekeke Templeton mill 0–30 Alkaline / / / / T [68]
Ingeo 3052D Hemp Hemp Farm 0–30 Alkaline / / / / T [68]
PHB Biomer Sawmill Local 20 Enzymatic saccharification / / / 1.75 / [5]
PCL Polysciences Cocoa shell Ferrero S.p.A. 0–50 / / / / 1.75 FT [16]
PLA + PHA / Cellulose pulp / / / / / / 1.75–3 / [41]

1 FT: Filament Testing, T: Tensile, C: Compressive, F: Flexural, I: Impact.