Renewable and sustainable biobased materials: An assessment on biofibers, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites

The expansion of environment-friendly materials based on natural sources increases dramatically in terms of biodegradable, recyclable, and environmental disputes throughout the world. Plant-based natural fiber, a high potential field of the reinforced polymer composite material, is considered as lightweight and economical products as they possess lower density, significant material characteristics, and extraordinary molding flexibility. The usage of plant fibers on the core structure of composite materials have drawn significant interest by the manufacturers to meet the increasing demand of the consumers for sustainable features with enhanced mechanical performances and functionalities. The plant fiber-based composites have widespread usage in construction, automotive, packaging, sports, biomedical, and defense sectors for their superior characteristics. Therefore, this critical review would demonstrate an overview regarding the background of natural fiber composites, factors influencing the composite properties, chemical interaction between the fiber and matrices, future potentiality, and marketing perspectives for triggering new research works in the field of biocomposite materials.

Comprehensive review on plant fiber-reinforced polymeric biocomposites

Novel Muntingia Calabura bark fiber reinforced green-epoxy composite: A sustainable and green material for cleaner production

In spite of the fact that a prodigious portion of petroleum covers multitudinous products in the commercial world, its non-biodegradable characteristic is an unenviable factor The utilization of b

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Biopolymer composites: a review

Natural fiber reinforced green composites have been attracting high attention nowadays, as the green movement in the world forced companies to use green materials instead of synthetic fibre reinforced composites. In this respect, the aim of the study is to investigate usage possibility of undervalued Chrysanthemum morifolium stem fibers as a new reinforcement of composite materials. Chemical, thermal, crystallographic, density, mechanical and morphological characterizations of the C. morifolium fibers were examined. Crystallinity Index, density and tensile strength values were found as 65.18%, 1.33 g/cm3 and 65.12 MPa, respectively. Chrysanthemum morifolium has a low cellulose content of 32.9% while the thermal resistance temperature was determined as 267.5 °C. Although its cellulose content is low, C. morifolium fiber can be a good alternative for many other reinforcement plant fibers in terms of tensile strength. The high tensile strength of the fiber can be attributed to the high crystallinity index and fiber morphology advantage (low lumen diameter and thick cell wall). Hollow fiber morphology can increase the insulation and absorption properties of the fibers and can also create a usage area in lightweight composites by providing low density. This study suggests a novel sustainable ecological reinforcement fiber for green polymer composites with low density, reasonable tensile strength, high surface hydrophobicity and high surface roughness.

Characterization of a novel natural cellulosic fiber extracted from the stem of Chrysanthemum morifolium

The research article aims to characterize the physicochemical, morphological, thermal and mechanical properties of novel Cereus Hildmannianus Fibers (CHFs) are reported for the first time in this w...

Senthil Ganesh Subramanian

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Characterization of Natural Cellulosic Fiber from Cereus Hildmannianus