• Fabrication of Eco-friendly PLA/PBAT-based Composites Through Conductive Network Formation

  • Jae Bin Lee, Jae Shik Lee, and Dong Hak Kim†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31538, Korea

  • 전도성 네트워크 형성을 통한 PLA/PBAT 기반 친환경 복합소재 제조

  • 이재빈 · 이재식 · 김동학†

  • 순천향대학교 공과대학 나노화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 151-160

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.151
  • Received on Sep 2, 2025
  • Revised on Oct 1, 2025
  • Accepted on Oct 1, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Dong Hak Kim

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31538, Korea

  • E-mail: dhkim@sch.ac.kr