Morphology and properties of hybrid composites based on polypropylene/polylactic acid blend and bamboo fiber

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7944-7950

  Ying Chen, Zhang ^a,b   Hong Yan, Wu ^a   Yi Ping, Qiu ^b  

^a Zhongyuan University   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo fiber; Matrix composites morphology; Polylactic acid; Polypropylene; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO FIBER; BAMBOO FIBERS; COMPOSITE TOUGHNESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FILLER-MATRIX; HYBRID COMPOSITES; IN-PROCESS; INTERFACE STRENGTH; MATRIX; POLY LACTIC ACID; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SEM; THERMAL PROPERTIES; XRD;

ACIDS; BAMBOO; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FILLERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE;

BAMBOO; COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; HYBRID; MATRIX; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BAMBOO FIBER; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BAMBUSA; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDS; ANATOMY; BAMBOO; COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FILLERS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 77954310450     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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