Inclusion complex (IC) of class="smallcaps">d-limonene inside β-cyclodextrins (β-CD) cages was prepared.
Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) and IC composites were prepared by melt extrusion.
Homogeneous dispersion of IC in PBS was proven by optical microscopy and infrared spectroscopy.
class="smallcaps">d-limonene was thermally stabilized upon inclusion within β-CD cages as shown by TGA analysis.
IC delays melt crystallization of PBS as shown by isothermal and non-isothermal DSC analysis.