New biocomposites based on bioplastic flax fibers and biodegradable polymers

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1336-1346

  Wróbel Kwiatkowska, Magdalena ^a   Czemplik, Magdalena ^a   Kulma, Anna ^b,c   Zuk, Magdalena ^b,c   Kaczmar, Jacek ^d   Dymińska, Lucyna ^e   Hanuza, Jerzy ^e,f   Ptak, Maciej ^f   Szopa, Jan ^b,c  

^a Len Pharma ^*  (Poland)

^b Linum Foundation   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fibers; FTIR analysis; Mechanical properties; Transgenic flax

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; BACTERIOSTATIC; BIO-COMPOSITES; BIOACTIVE COMPOSITES; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOPLASTICS; CAPROLACTONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; FLAX FIBER; FTIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; PHENOLICS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; PURE POLYMERS; TRANSGENICS;

AGGREGATES; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAX; HYDROGEN BONDS; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLATELETS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; YARN;

FIBERS;

BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLAX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FLAX; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84867415606     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1599     Document Type: Article

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