An AFM study of the effect of chemical treatments on the surface microstructure and adhesion properties of flax fibres

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 14, Issue 7-9, 2007, Pages 715-731

  Balnois, Eric ^a   Busnel, Frederic ^a   Baley, Christophe ^a   Grohens, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion forces; AFM; Chemical treatments; Composite; Flax; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESION FORCES; ADHESION PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

FLAX;

FLAX; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36249021909     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855407782106537     Document Type: Article

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