Recent progress on natural fiber hybrid composites for advanced applications: A review

eXPRESS Polymer Letters

M. J. Mochane¹ 

关键词: polymer composites;    hybrid composites;    advanced applications;    natural fibers;    synthetic fibers;   

DOI  :  10.3144/expresspolymlett.2019.15

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: eXPRESS Polymer Letters

【 摘 要 】

Natural fibers, as replacement of engineered fibers, have been one of the most researched topics over the pastyears. This is due to their inherent properties, such as biodegradability, renewability and their abundant availability whencompared to synthetic fibers. Synthetic fibers derived from finite resources (fossil fuels) and are thus, affected mainly byvolatility oil prices and their accumulation in the environment and/or landfill sites as main drawbacks their mechanical propertiesand thermal properties surpass that of natural fibers. A combination of these fibers/fillers, as reinforcement of variouspolymeric materials, offers new opportunities to produce multifunctional materials and structures for advanced applications.This article intends to cover recent developments from 2013-up to date on hybrid composites, based on natural fibers withother fillers. Hybrid composites preparation and characterization towards their applicability in advanced applications andthe current challenges are also presented.

【 授权许可】

CC BY