Front Matter -- Chemistry And Production Of Lactic Acid, Lactide, And Poly(Lactic Acid). Production And Purification Of Lactic Acid And Lactide / Wim Groot, Jan Krieken, Olav Sliekersl, Sicco Vos -- Aqueous Solutions Of Lactic Acid / Carl T Lira, Lars Peereboom -- Industrial Production Of High-Molecular-Weight Poly(Lactic Acid) / Anders Södergård, Mikael Stolt, Saara Inkinen -- Design And Synthesis Of Different Types Of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polylactide Copolymers / Ann-Christine Albertsson, Indra Kumari Varma, Bimlesh Lochab, Anna Finne-Wistrand, Sangeeta Sahu, Kamlesh Kumar -- Preparation, Structure, And Properties Of Stereocomplex-Type Poly(Lactic Acid) / Neha Mulchandani, Yoshiharu Kimura, Vimal Katiyar -- Properties. Structures And Phase Transitions Of Pla And Its Related Polymers / Hai Wang, Kohji Tashiro -- Optical And Spectroscopic Properties / Isabel M Marrucho -- Crystallization And Thermal Properties / Luca Fambri, Claudio Migliaresi -- Rheology Of Poly(Lactic Acid) / John R Dorgan -- Mechanical Properties / Mohammadreza Nofar, Gabriele Perego, Gian Domenico Cella -- Mass Transfer / Uruchaya Sonchaeng, Rafael Auras -- Migration And Interaction With Contact Materials / Herlinda Soto-Valdez, Elizabeth Peralta -- Processing And Conversion. Processing Of Poly(Lactic Acid) / Loong-Tak Lim, Tim Vanyo, Jed Randall, Kevin Cink, Ashwini K Agrawal -- Blends / Ajay Kathuria, Sukeewan Detyothin, Waree Jaruwattanayon, Susan E M Selke, Rafael Auras -- Foaming / Laurent M Matuana -- Composites / Tanmay Gupta, Vijay Shankar Kumawat, Subrata Bandhu Ghosh, Sanchita Bandyopadhyay-Ghosh, Mohini Sain -- Nanocomposites / Suprakas Sinha Ray -- Mechanism Of Fiber Structure Development In Melt Spinning Of Pla / Nanjaporn Roungpaisan, Midori Takasaki, Wataru Takarada, Takeshi Kikutani -- Degradation, Environmental Impact, And End Of Life. Photodegradation And Radiation Degradation / Wataru Sakai, Naoto Tsutsumi -- Thermal Degradation / Haruo Nishida -- Hydrolytic Degradation / Hideto Tsuji -- Enzymatic Degradation / Ken'ichiro Matsumoto, Hideki Abe, Yoshihiro Kikkawa, Tadahisa Iwata -- Environmental Footprint And Life Cycle Assessment Of Poly (Lactic Acid) / Amy E Landis, Shakira R Hobbs, Dennis Newby, Ja'maya Wilson, Talia Pincus -- End-Of-Life Scenarios For Poly(Lactic Acid) / Anibal Bher, Edgar Castro-Aguirre, Rafael Auras -- Applications. Medical Applications / Shuko Suzuki, Yoshito Ikada -- Packaging And Consumer Goods / Hayati Samsudin, Fabiola Iñiguez-Franco -- Textile Applications / Masatsugu Mochizuki -- Environmental Applications / Akira Hiraishi, Takeshi Yamada -- Index