Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) fiber as novel reinforcement material for sugar palm biopolymer based composite films

BioResources

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 3751-3765

  Sanyang, Muhammed L ^a   Muniandy, Yokasundery ^a   Sapuan, Salit M ^a   Sahari, Japar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Melaleuca alternifolia; Natural fibers; Sugar palm starch; Tea tree

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FIBERS; FORESTRY; NATURAL FIBERS; PALM OIL; POLYMER FILMS; REINFORCEMENT; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIO-COMPOSITES; COSMETIC PRODUCTS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; TEA TREE;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

COSMETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELALEUCA; NATURAL FIBERS; PLANT RESIDUES; VOLATILE OIL;

EID: 85019264163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.2.3751-3765     Document Type: Article

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