New engineered biocomposites from poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) blends and switchgrass: Fabrication and performance evaluation

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 461-468

  Nagarajan, Vidhya ^a,b   Misra, Manjusri ^a,b   Mohanty, Amar K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compatibilization; Mechanical properties; Melt mixing technique; Morphology; Natural fiber composites; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; ADIPATES; BIO-COMPOSITES; DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; FRACTURE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC; LOADING LEVEL; MATRIX SYSTEMS; MELT MIXING; MODULUS VALUES; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE); SWITCHGRASS;

BLENDING; COMPATIBILIZERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LOADING;

ADHESION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMPOSITE; GRASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYMER; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

ANATOMY; COMPOSITES; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; NATURAL FIBERS; PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84863748732     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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