Mechanical and thermo-mechanical behaviors of sizing-treated corn fiber/polylactide composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

  Luo, Honglin ^a   Xiong, Guangyao ^a   Ma, Chunying ^a   Chang, Peng ^b   Yao, Fanglian ^b   Zhu, Yong ^b   Zhang, Chuanyin ^b   Wan, Yizao ^a  

^a EAST CHINA JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corn fiber; Green composites; Natural fibers; Polylactide; Sizing treatment

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CORN FIBER; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; GREEN COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; POLY LACTIDE; SIZING TREATMENT; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NATURAL FIBERS;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; CORN; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84905827839     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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