A critical review of the ultrastructure, mechanics and modelling of flax fibres and their defects

E Richely, A Bourmaud, V Placet, S Guessasma… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prompted by environmental legislation and citizens' awareness induced by global warming
effects, the market for plant-fibre reinforced composites has been growing steadily for the …

A Comprehensive Review on Bast Fibre Retting Process for Optimal Performance in Fibre‐Reinforced Polymer Composites

CH Lee, A Khalina, SH Lee… - Advances in Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Natural fibres are a gift from nature that we still underutilise. They can be classified into
several groups, and bast natural fibre reinforcement in polymer composites has the most …

An overview of natural fiber composites for marine applications

O El Hawary, L Boccarusso, MP Ansell… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Environmental emergency awareness has been gaining momentum in recent years in the
composite manufacturing industry, with a new generation of composite materials minimizing …

Hempseed as a nutritious and healthy human food or animal feed source: a review

Y Xu, J Li, J Zhao, W Wang, J Griffin, Y Li… - … Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hempseed products are projected to receive great potentials due to the rapid growth in the
US market. Industrial hemp has been an important crop for food, fibre and medicine …

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for high-value textile applications: The effective long fiber yield and quality of different hemp varieties, processed using industrial flax …

K Vandepitte, S Vasile, S Vermeire… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has great potential as a sustainable source of textile
fiber; yet, to develop a viable European hemp-for-textile chain, agronomic practices and …

The complex interactions between flowering behavior and fiber quality in hemp

EMJ Salentijn, J Petit, LM Trindade - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Hemp, Cannabis sativa L., is a sustainable multipurpose fiber crop with high nutrient and
water use efficiency and with biomass of excellent quality for textile fibers and construction …

Hemp fiber as a sustainable raw material source for textile industry: can we use its potential for more eco-friendly production?

G Gedik, O Avinc - Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industries …, 2020 - Springer
Sustainable production defines an environmental friendly production that we produce
without changing the balance of the nature. Processes and the utilized materials should be …

Extraction and characterization of fiber and cellulose from Ethiopian linseed straw: Determination of retting period and optimization of multi-step alkaline peroxide …

K Feleke, G Thothadri, H Beri Tufa, AA Rajhi… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flax is a commercial crop grown in many parts of the world both for its seeds and for its
fibers. The seed-based flax variety (linseed) is considered less for its fiber after the seed is …

[HTML][HTML] Transdisciplinary top-down review of hemp fibre composites: From an advanced product design to crop variety selection

J Müssig, S Amaducci, A Bourmaud… - Composites Part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
Given the vast amount of available research in the area of natural fibre composites, a
significant step forward in the development of next-generation plant fibre-based products …

Exploring the dew retting feasibility of hemp in very contrasting European environments: Influence on the tensile mechanical properties of fibres and composites

S Réquilé, B Mazian, M Grégoire, S Musio… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Retting of fibrous plants such as flax is an essential step in the extraction of fibre bundles
and their transformation into textiles and reinforcement fabrics for use in garments and …