Green composites prepared from aliphatic polyesters and bast fibers

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-79

  Terzopoulou, Zoi N ^a   Papageorgiou, George Z ^a   Papadopoulou, Elektra ^b   Athanassiadou, Eleftheria ^b   Alexopoulou, Efi ^c   Bikiaris, Dimitrios N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CHIMAR HELLAS SA   (Greece)

^c Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving CRES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliphatic polyesters; Bast fibers; Biodegradable polymers; Green biocomposites

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYESTERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

ALIPHATIC POLYESTER; BIO-COMPOSITES; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; GREEN COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER TECHNOLOGY;

BAST FIBERS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMER; RESEARCH WORK;

FIBERS; PHLOEM; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS;

ARAMIDAE;

EID: 85028203042     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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