Assessment of dicumyl peroxide ability to improve adhesion between polylactide and flax or hemp fibres

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 671-683

  Rytlewski, Piotr ^a   Moraczewski, Krzysztof ^b   Malinowski, Rafał ^a   Zenkiewicz, Marian ^b  

^a Department of Elastomers and Rubber Technology   (Poland)

^b KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

biocomposites; dicumyl peroxide; flax fibres; hemp fibres; interphase adhesion; polylactide

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLAX; HEMP FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; LINEN; PEROXIDES; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YARN; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBERS; HEMP; OXIDATION;

BIO-COMPOSITES; DI-CUMYL PEROXIDES; FLAX FIBRES; INTERPHASE ADHESION; POLY LACTIDE;

FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84906787250     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15685543.2014.927262     Document Type: Article

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