A critical review on wood-based polymer composites: processing, properties, and prospects

M Ramesh, L Rajeshkumar, G Sasikala, D Balaji… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Waste recycling is one of the key aspects in current day studies to boost the country's
circular economy. Recycling wood from construction and demolished structures and …

A review of wood polymer composites rheology and its implications for processing

V Mazzanti, F Mollica - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the fact that wood polymer composites are interesting materials for many different
reasons, they are quite difficult to shape through standard polymer processing techniques …

Mechanical performance of rotationally molded multilayer mLDPE/banana-fiber composites

J Kelly-Walley, Z Ortega, M McCourt, B Millar, L Suárez… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The incorporation of materials different from the polymer within the rotational molding
process usually results in lowered mechanical properties, where impact strength is of …

Effects of additives on the cure kinetics of vinyl ester pultrusion resins

A Vedernikov, Y Nasonov, R Korotkov… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Pultrusion is a highly efficient composite manufacturing process. To accurately describe
pultrusion, an appropriate model of resin cure kinetics is required. In this study, we …

A comprehensive review on utilization of waste materials in wood plastic composite

RA Ramli - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Wood plastic composite (WPC) is a composite material that consists of a matrix phase of
plastic and wood as its reinforcement. The transition from virgin plastic (VP) to recycled …

Morphology, phase diagram, and properties of high‐density polyethylene/thermally treated waste polyethylene wax blends

R Esmaeilzade, F Sharif, R Rashedi… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Waste polyethylene wax is thermally treated using a rotary evaporator to reduce unwanted
components. Fourier transform infrared proves the absence of undesirable material. Wax is …

Processing and Properties of Wood-Plastic Composite Containing Alkali-Treated Birch Wood Shavings and Bioadditive Obtained by Biorefinery of Birch Bark

G Shulga, J Rizhikovs, B Neiberte, A Verovkins… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last two decades, there has been increased interest in research focused on
developing innovative polymer composite materials for food packaging, obtained by …

Machining of wood plastic composite using AWJ technology with controlled output quality

Z Mitaľová, F Botko, R Vandžura, J Litecká, D Mitaľ… - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The paper deals with the application of abrasive water-jet cutting to composite material
containing natural reinforcement—wood plastic composite. The specimens were cut through …

Functionalization of molten polyethylene by ozonization and its application in wood fiber reinforced polyethylene composites

CY Wang, GJ He, WT Huang, XC Yin - Polymer Composites, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Here we report a fast functionalization method of PE using ozone oxidization to improve the
interfacial adhesion between wood fiber (WF) and oxidized PE (OPE) for preparing wood …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersion and Lubrication of Zinc Stearate in Polypropylene/Sodium 4-[(4-chlorobenzoyl) amino] Benzoate Nucleating Agent Composite

Y Dong, F Lin, T Zhao, M Wang, D Ning, X Hao… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Zinc stearate (Znst) was physically blended with the sodium 4-[(4 chlorobenzoyl) amino]
benzoate (SCAB) to obtain the SCAB-Znst composite nucleating agent. Znst was used to …