A comprehensive review on plant‐based natural fiber reinforced polymer composites: fabrication, properties, and applications

UV Akhil, N Radhika, B Saleh… - Polymer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural fiber‐reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) have gained limelight in many
applications during the recent years, owing to their availability, as well as superior …

Current progress of biopolymer-based flame retardant

MNAM Taib, P Antov, V Savov, W Fatriasari… - Polymer Degradation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to thermal and flame/fire sensitivity of biopolymers especially in plant-based biopolymer
fillers, it is extremely and necessary to improve the reaction to flame. The bio-polymers …

Natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid composites: A review

R Siakeng, M Jawaid, H Ariffin, SM Sapuan… - Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biopolymer‐based composites have attracted the attention of researchers and industries
due to their eco‐friendliness and environmental sustainability, as well as their suitability for a …

Recent advances in cellulose and chitosan based membranes for water purification: A concise review

VK Thakur, SI Voicu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently membrane technology has emerged as a new promising and pervasive technology
due to its innate advantages over traditional technologies such as adsorption, distillation …

Progress in green polymer composites from lignin for multifunctional applications: a review

VK Thakur, MK Thakur, P Raghavan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Rising environmental concerns and depletion of petro-chemical resources has resulted in
an increased interest in biorenewable polymer-based environmentally friendly materials …

Processing and characterization of natural cellulose fibers/thermoset polymer composites

VK Thakur, MK Thakur - Carbohydrate polymers, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently natural cellulose fibers from different biorenewable resources have attracted the
considerable attraction of research community all around the globe owing to their unique …

Recent advances in green hydrogels from lignin: a review

VK Thakur, MK Thakur - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, biorenewable polymers from different natural resources have attracted a greater
attention of the research community for different applications starting from biomedical to …

Raw natural fiber–based polymer composites

VK Thakur, MK Thakur, RK Gupta - International Journal of Polymer …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The effective utilization of raw natural fibers as indispensable component in polymers for
developing novel low-cost eco-friendly composites with properties such as acceptable …

Recent advances in graft copolymerization and applications of chitosan: a review

VK Thakur, MK Thakur - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Chitosan is among one of the most important and most studied natural polymers. The
cationic nature of chitosan makes it a polymer of high importance from environmental and …

Status and future scope of plant-based green hydrogels in biomedical engineering

R Mohammadinejad, H Maleki, E Larraneta… - Applied Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are the most iconic class of soft materials, and since their first report in the
literature, they have attracted the attention of uncountable researchers. Over the past two …