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ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2026

Counterintuitive Compatibilization of Poly(δ-valerolactone) and Poly(l‑lactic acid) by Statistical Copolymers toward Compostable and Recyclable Packaging.

Andrea L Baer, Ryan W Clarke, Ravikumar R Gowda, Sarah A Hesse, Meagan Crowley, Shu Xu, Levi J Hamernik, Julia B Curley, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Christopher J Tassone and 4 more

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Article in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors.

Andrea L BaerNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Ryan W ClarkeNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Ravikumar R GowdaColorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States.
Sarah A HesseBOTTLE Consortium, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-4476
Meagan CrowleyNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Shu XuArgonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-7897
Levi J HamernikNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Julia B CurleyNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Meltem Urgun-DemirtasArgonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-1554
Christopher J TassoneBOTTLE Consortium, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Vinod K KonagantiAmazon, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States.
Eugene Y-X ChenColorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7512-3484
Brandon KnottNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3414-3897
Katrina M KnauerNational Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0125-7532

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly-(δ-valerolactone) (PVL) and poly-(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) are bioderivable, compostable, and chemically recyclable plastics with synergistic properties for addressing plastic waste accumulation in receiving environments. Though recyclable-by-design polymers often fall short of competing with incumbent materials, blending affords a means to leverage individual component strengths toward ideal tunable properties. Polymer blends are often immiscible, but a range of methodologies are available to promote mixing. Here, we report on the compatibilization of 9 immiscible PVL and PLLA blends with three different compatibilization agents: thermoplastic starch, synthesized PVL-

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biobased polyesterschemical recyclingcircular economycompatibilizationcompostablecopolymer compatibilizerPLApolymer blends

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PMID42099800
PMCPMC13147311

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