Natural fibers, biopolymers, and biocomposites: An introduction

Natural Fibers, Biopolymers, and Biocomposites

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-36

  Mohanty, Amar K ^a   Misra, Manjusri ^b   Drzal, Lawrence T ^b   Selke, Susan E ^a   Harte, Bruce R ^a   Hinrichsen, Georg ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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