Interfacial, mechanical and thermal properties of coir fiber-reinforced poly(lactic acid) biodegradable composites

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-122

  Nam, Tran Huu ^a   Ogihara, Shinji ^a   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interface; Mechanical properties; Natural fiber biodegradable composites; Thermal properties; Thermomechanical Properties

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FIBERS; LACTIC ACID; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; SHEAR FLOW; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ALKALI TREATMENT; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; COIR FIBERS; FIBER/MATRIX ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; MASS CONTENT; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBER BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE; POLY LACTIC ACID; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 84866945746     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855112x629540     Document Type: Article

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