Review of state-of-the-art studies on the water absorption capacity of agricultural fiber-reinforced polymer composites for sustainable construction

NSN Arman, RS Chen, S Ahmad - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
With the growing environmental impact related to the production, disposal, and recycling of
synthetic fiber based polymeric matrix composites, environmentally friendly composites have …

Treatments of natural fiber as reinforcement in polymer composites—a short review

NM Nurazzi, MM Harussani, HA Aisyah… - Functional …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The demand for environmental awareness, preserving nature and being beneficial for
societal economics has attracted the attention of many researchers and industries to …

Mechanical properties of hybrid lignocellulosic fiber-reinforced biopolymer green composites: a review

MRM Asyraf, A Syamsir, MR Ishak, SM Sapuan… - Fibers and …, 2023 - Springer
Sustainability has been a global awareness due to the serious reduction of synthetic
materials, especially petroleum. Many sectors and researchers have shifted toward …

[HTML][HTML] Application of selected chemical modification agents on banana fibre for enhanced composite production

EM Ernest, AC Peter - Cleaner Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Banana fibre is an agricultural waste that is obtained after harvesting the fruit at no
additional cost. Banana fibre has major drawbacks in composite production, such as low …

An examination of recent research of water absorption behavior of natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composites: A review

MA Azka, SM Sapuan, H Abral, ES Zainudin… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Researchers have begun focusing on developing biodegradable materials, such as natural
fiber/polymer composites (NFPC), since the growing of environmental concerns related to …

Lignocellulosic sugar palm fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites: Mechanical, thermal and dynamic mechanical properties

MRM Asyraf, KZ Hazrati, DDCV Sheng, M Rafidah… - Fibers and …, 2023 - Springer
Lignocellulosic fibre obtained from forest biomass has various advantages, especially in
product development due to its abundance and ability in mechanical properties. Sugar palm …

Surface modification of bio-based composites via silane treatment: a short review

SS Md Nor, MF Abdul Patah… - Journal of Adhesion …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Research in bio-based composites is rapidly rising in terms of fundamental experiments and
industry applications. Natural fibres are one of the common bio-based materials used in …

The effect of alkaline treatment on natural fibers/biopolymer composites

SI Magagula, JS Sefadi, MJ Mochane… - … Treatment Methods of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural fiber reinforced biopolymer composites are the future of “green composites” with the
potential to address sustainability issues such as environmental pollution and the depletion …

Enset Fiber-Reinforced Polylactic Acid-Based Biocomposites for High-Performance Application

KG Abraha, DK Debeli, MU Ghani… - Journal of Composites …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been growing interest in using plant fibers to reinforce materials in
modern manufacturing. This study focuses on the development of a novel biocomposite …

Characterization of mechanical properties of jute/PLA composites containing nano SiO2 modified by coupling agents

X Song, C Fang, Y Li, P Wang, Y Zhang, Y Xu - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Although jute fiber-reinforced PLA composites show strong application prospects, their low
mechanical properties limit their applications to some extent. In this paper, nano-SiO 2 …