Cellulosic/synthetic fibre reinforced polymer hybrid composites: A review

Nanocellulose as a natural source for groundbreaking applications in materials science: Today’s state

Oil palm fiber (OPF) and its composites: A review

Oxidative upgrade of lignin – Recent routes reviewed

Mechanical properties of banana/kenaf fiber-reinforced hybrid polyester composites: Effect of woven fabric and random orientation

The agricultural waste fibers are of notable economic and cultural significance all over the world are used for building materials, as a decorative product and as a versatile raw product. Agricultural waste fibers also have significant potential in composite due to its high strength, environmentally friendly nature, low cost, availability and sustainability. The agricultural waste is one of the most important problems that must be resolved for the conservation of global environment. The potential properties of agricultural waste fibers have sparked a lot of research to use these fibers as a material to replace man-made fibers for safe and environmentally friendly product. Agricultural waste is seen as one potential source of renewable energy. Their availability is obtained from oil palm plantations and some other agricultural industry such as rice husk, rice straw, sugarcane, pineapple, banana and coconut. Agricultural waste produces large amounts of biomass that are classified as natural fibers which until now only 10% are used as alternative raw materials for several industry, such as biocomposites, automotive component, biomedical and others.

Agricultural waste fibers towards sustainability and advanced utilization: a review.

Effect of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber on the physical and mechanical properties of fiber glass reinforced polyester resin.

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising biomaterial due to its specific and excellent properties such as high cellulose purity, mechanical strength, high crystallinity and biodegradability. BC has potential application in electronics, cosmetics, medicine and food and its related products due to its properties. Various chemical compounds have been added to the BC production process to analyse the effect on the BC yield and enhance BC’s properties. In this review, we discuss in-situ and ex-situ modifications and biotechnological approach as alternative optimisation methods in BC production. Given that BC has excellent structural characteristics, which lead to better physical and mechanical properties compared with plant cellulose, the properties and applications of BC are also discussed in this paper.

The optimization of bacterial cellulose production and its applications: a review

Physical and mechanical properties of natural fibers filled polypropylene composites and its recycle.

The objectives of this research was to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties of composites of Wood Flour (WF) and Recycle Polypropylene (RPP) prepared under various WF contents, WF sizes and modifier contents. WF from mixed-soft wood species and Eucalyptus deglupta Blume species were used as filler. The composites composed of 0-70% WF, 0-70% Polypropylene (PP) or RPP, various sizes of WF (60-80; 80-100 and < 120 mesh), various contents of MAH modifier (0, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10%) and 15% Dicumyl Peroxide (DCP) initiator (based on MAH weight). Kneading conditions were set at 170 °C, 10-50 rpm for 15 min. The physical and mechanical properties of composites were greatly affected by WF content, WF size and modifier content. The greater the WF loading resulted in the greater was the reduction of tensile strength and breaking elongation values and at the same time the greater was the increasing of Young`s modulus value. The smaller the WF size resulted in the greater the tensile strength of composites. Addition of MAH modifier improved the physical and mechanical properties of composites. WF-RPP composites with 120 mesh WF size and 2.5% MA modifier had tensile strength, breaking elongation and Young`s modulus about 2.15, 2.27 and 1.18 times, respectively higher compared with composites free-MAH modifier and absorbed considerably less water. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) indicated that addition of MAH improved the adhesion between WF and RPP.

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Myrtha Karina

Papers

Agricultural waste fibers towards sustainability and advanced utilization: a review.

Effect of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber on the physical and mechanical properties of fiber glass reinforced polyester resin.

The optimization of bacterial cellulose production and its applications: a review

Physical and mechanical properties of natural fibers filled polypropylene composites and its recycle.

Influence of wood flour and modifier contents on the physical and mechanical properties of wood flour-recycle polypropylene composites