Improvement of the impact performance of a starch based biopolymer via the incorporation of Miscanthus giganteus fibres

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Johnson, Mark ^a   Tucker, Nick ^a   Barnes, Stuart ^a   Kirwan, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocomposite; Factorially designed experiment; Impact testing; Mater Bi; Miscanthus

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FIBERS; IMPACT TESTING; INJECTION MOLDING; STARCH; THERMOPLASTICS;

BIOCOMPOSITE; FACTORIALLY-DESIGNED EXPERIMENT; MATER-BI; MISCANTHUS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 26244437678     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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