A review of natural fibers used in biocomposites: Plant, animal and regenerated cellulose fibers

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-162

  Ramamoorthy, Sunil Kumar ^a   Skrifvars, Mikael ^a   Persson, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animal fiber; bast fiber; biocomposite; leaf fiber; natural fiber composite; plant fiber

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BAST FIBERS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEED; TEXTILE FIBERS; WEAVING; WOOD;

BIO-COMPOSITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING; FABRIC ARCHITECTURES; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; PLANT FIBERS; REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

NATURAL FIBERS;

ANIMAL FIBERS; COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBERS; PHLOEM; PLANT FIBERS;

EID: 84922058431     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2014.971124     Document Type: Review

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