Sugar palm tree: A versatile plant and novel source for biofibres, biomatrices, and biocomposites

Polymers from Renewable Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-78

  Sahari, J ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Zainudin, E S ^a   Maleque, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Biofibres; Biomatrices; Sugar palm tree

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; FORESTRY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BIO-COMPOSITES; BIO-MATRICES; BIOFIBRES; FIBRE COMPOSITES; GREEN MATERIALS; MALAYSIA; PALM-TREE; PETROLEUM-BASED MATERIALS;

SUGAR INDUSTRY;

COMPOSITES; FIBERS; MALAYSIA; PALMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUGAR;

EID: 84871014765     PISSN: 20412479     EISSN: 20451377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/204124791200300203     Document Type: Article

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