Life cycle assessment of nanocellulose-reinforced advanced fibre composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-162

  Hervy, Martin ^a,b   Evangelisti, Sara ^a   Lettieri, Paola ^a   Lee, Koon Yang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Modelling; Nanocellulose; Nanocomposites; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLOBAL WARMING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NANO-CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (NFC); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

COMPOSITES; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84941284479     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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