Polymer composites filled with metal derivatives have been widely used in recent years, particularly as flame retardants, due to their superior characteristics, including high thermal behavior, low environmental degradation, and good fire resistance. The hybridization of metal and polymer composites produces various favorable properties, making them ideal materials for various advanced applications. The fire resistance performance of polymer composites can be enhanced by increasing the combustion capability of composite materials through the inclusion of metallic fireproof materials to protect the composites. The final properties of the metal-filled thermoplastic composites depend on several factors, including pore shape and distribution and morphology of metal particles. For example, fire safety equipment uses polyester thermoplastic and antimony sources with halogenated additives. The use of metals as additives in composites has captured the attention of researchers worldwide due to safety concern in consideration of people’s life and public properties. This review establishes the state-of-art flame resistance properties of metals/polymer composites for numerous industrial applications.

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Polymer Composites Filled with Metal Derivatives: A Review of Flame Retardants.

Investigation of the effect of water absorption on thermomechanical and viscoelastic properties of flax-hemp-reinforced hybrid composite

The development of antimicrobial packaging has been growing rapidly due to an increase in awareness and demands for sustainable active packaging that could preserve the quality and prolong the shelf life of foods and products. The addition of highly efficient antibacterial nanoparticles, antifungals, and antioxidants to biodegradable and environmentally friendly green polymers has become a significant advancement trend for the packaging evolution. Impregnation of antimicrobial agents into the packaging film is essential for impeding or destroying the pathogenic microorganisms causing food illness and deterioration. Higher safety and quality as well as an extended shelf life of sustainable active packaging desired by the industry are further enhanced by applying the different types of antimicrobial packaging systems. Antimicrobial packaging not only can offer a wide range of advantages, but also preserves the environment through usage of renewable and biodegradable polymers instead of common synthetic polymers, thus reducing plastic pollution generated by humankind. This review intended to provide a summary of current trends and applications of antimicrobial, biodegradable films in the packaging industry as well as the innovation of nanotechnology to increase efficiency of novel, bio-based packaging systems.

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A Review on Antimicrobial Packaging from Biodegradable Polymer Composites

Mechanical, DMA and Sound Acoustic behaviour of Flax woven fabric reinforced Epoxy composites

This research investigates factors contributing mechanical stability of epoxy based composites using Taguchi optimization based grey relational approach. Natural fibers of sisal, banana reinforceme...

Grey relational optimization for factors influencing tensile, flexural, and impact properties of hybrid sisal banana fiber epoxy composites:

These articles presents an experimental investigation on mechanical, vibration, and wear behavior of (aloevera/flax/hemp/wire mesh/BaSO4) laminated composite. The mechanical characterization was pe...

Vibration and Wear Characteristics of Aloevera/Flax/Hemp Woven Fiber Epoxy Composite Reinforced with Wire Mesh and BaSO4

Adding different reinforcements to the polymer composite is gaining more importance in the manufacturing industries because of their variation in mechanical properties. To satisfy modern industrial...

Dynamic mechanical characteristics of jute fiber and 304 wire mesh reinforced epoxy composite

This work was investigated that the effect of aluminium (Al) and copper (Cu) wire mesh embedded as a structural reinforcement on jute epoxy hybrid composite The hybrid composites were prepared by 

Performance of fiber metal laminate composites embedded with AL and CU wire mesh

This paper focused on the investigation of mechanical, twist drilling performance and microstructural analysis in aluminum foil reinforced sisal flax epoxy composite. Six combinations of composite ...

Drilling and mechanical performance analysis on flax-sisal hybrid composite embedded with perforated aluminum foil:

Composite materials are revolutionizing to realize the demanding needs of aeronautical, automobile, construction, chemical, and biomedical applications. The natural fiber composite is chosen as one of the best choices among composites due to its sustainable goods like eco-friendly nature, better properties and Greenhouse gas (GHG) balance. Furthermore, the bast fiber composites are identified as promising industrial composites based on the availability, strength-to-weight ratio, manufacturing ease, and economics for commercialization. However, product quality and production volume significantly influence commercial adoption of the bast fiber composites. Especially the product quality primarily suffers due to climatic conditions, damage while harvesting, extraction method, retting issues, and extraction location. Consequently, this review aims to provide an overview of the bast fibers & their composites, properties enhancement techniques, overall mechanical behaviours and thermal stability with suitable applications.

Prabu Krishnasamy

Papers

Vibration and Wear Characteristics of Aloevera/Flax/Hemp Woven Fiber Epoxy Composite Reinforced with Wire Mesh and BaSO4

Dynamic mechanical characteristics of jute fiber and 304 wire mesh reinforced epoxy composite

Performance of fiber metal laminate composites embedded with AL and CU wire mesh

Drilling and mechanical performance analysis on flax-sisal hybrid composite embedded with perforated aluminum foil:

General practice to enhance bast fiber composite properties for state of art applications – A Review