Silane coupling agents used for natural fiber/polymer composites: A review

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 806-819

  Xie, Yanjun ^a,b   Hill, Callum A S ^b   Xiao, Zefang ^a   Militz, Holger ^a   Mai, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. Silane coupling agents; B. Environmental degradation; B. Fiber matrix bond

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIBER/MATRIX BONDS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MATRIX; NON-POLAR; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRICES; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; RECENT PROGRESS; SILANE COUPLING AGENT; SILANE STRUCTURE; SILANE TREATMENT;

ADHESION; COUPLING AGENTS; DEGRADATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SILANES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOSETS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SILANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOSETS;

EID: 77951255901     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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