Nanocellulose enhanced interfaces in truly green unidirectional fibre reinforced composites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 14, Issue 7-9, 2007, Pages 753-762

  Juntaro, Julasak ^a   Pommet, Marion ^a   Mantalaris, Athanasios ^a   Shaffer, Milo ^a   Bismarck, Alexander ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Fibre reinforced nanocomposites; Natural fibre; Surface modification; Truly green composites

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; FIBRE REINFORCED NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; TRULY GREEN COMPOSITES;

NATURAL FIBERS;

CELLULOSE; NATURAL FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 36248990683     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855407782106573     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles (2000).
2. B. C. Suddell and W. J. Evans, Natural fiber composites in automotive applications, in: A. K. Mohanty, M. Mishra and L. T. Drzal (Eds), Natural Fibers, Biopolymers and Biocomposites, p. 246. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2005).
3. M. Pervaiz and M. M. Sain, Sheet-molded polyolefin natural fiber composites for automotive applications, Macromol. Mater. Eng. 288, 553-557 (2003).
4. U. Riedel and J. Nickel, Natural fibre-reinforced biopolymers as construction materials - new discoveries, J. Angew. Makromol. Chem. 272, 34-40 (1999).
5. D. N. Saheb and J. P. Jog, Natural fiber polymer composites: a review, Adv. Polym. Technol. 18, 351-363 (1999).
6. A. N. Netravali and S. Chabba, Composites get greener, Materials Today 6, 22-29 (2003).
7. T. Peijs, Composites tum green, e-Polymers T_002, 1-12 (2002).
8. A. Bismarck, S. Mishra and T. Lampke, Plant fibers as reinforcements for 'green' composites, in: A. K. Mohanty, M. Mishra and L. T. Drzal (Eds), Natural Fibers, Biopolymers and Biocomposites. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2005).
9. H. Toyosaki, T. Naritomi, A. Seto, M. Matsuoka, T. Tsuchida and F. Yoshinaga, Screening of bacterial cellulose-producing Acetobacter strains suitable for agitated culture, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 59, 1498-1502 (1995).
10. W. Czaja, D. Romanovicz and R. M. Brown, Jr., Structural investigations of microbial cellulose produced in stationary and agitated culture, Cellulose 11, 403-411 (2004).
11. G. Guhados, W K. Wan and J. L. Hunter, Measurements of the elastic modulus of single bacterial cellulose fibers using atomic force microscopy, Langmuir 21, 6642-6646 (2005).