P. Madhu

TL;DR: Various fabrication techniques employed for the production of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites are discussed and a detailed review of the research devoted to the analysis of their structure and properties by a variety of characterization techniques are presented.

TL;DR: The current thrust for materials which are environmental friendly and biodegradable made from polymer matrix composites had become an important topic for academic and industrial research as discussed by the authors, and the current thrust was for materials that are environmentally friendly and bio-friendly made from polymeric materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present various extraction and chemical treatment methods and also provide the information of the fibers in terms of their physical and chemical properties, which make them easily replaceable to man-made fibers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of using Agave Americana C. plant as potential reinforcement in polymeric composites were analyzed using FT-IR technique to understand the character of molecular bonds, crystallinity and their correlations with various bonds in fiber structure.

TL;DR: Natural fiber polymer composites have been largely used in applications like aerospace, automotive, marine, and other civil structures, where mechanical and tribological properties are of prime con... as discussed by the authors.