Green composites made of bamboo fabric and poly (lactic) acid for packaging applications-a review

Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Nurul Fazita, M R ^a,b   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^a   Mohamad Haafiz, M K ^b   Saurabh, Chaturbhuj K ^b   Hazwan Hussin, M ^d   Abdul Khalil, H P S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bamboo fabric; Biopolymer; Functional properties; Natural fibre; Packaging applications; Poly (lactic) acid; Woven fabric

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; NATURAL FIBERS; PACKAGING;

BAMBOO FABRICS; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITES; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; WOVEN FABRICS;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 84975760691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma9060435     Document Type: Review

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