Effect of fiber surface-treatments on the properties of laminated biocomposites from poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and kenaf fibers

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Effect of fibre treatments on interfacial shear strength of hemp fibre reinforced polylactide and unsaturated polyester composites (2011, neutral): “[24, 25] suggested similar bonding interaction for the”
Isolation of cellulose nanocrystals from onion skin and their utilization for the preparation of agar-based bio-nanocomposites films (2015, background): “Considerable research efforts have been focused on the development of completely biodegradable composite materials by blending cellulose nanofibers with bioplastics such as PLA and PHBV (Huda et al. 2008; Singh et al. 2008; Suryanegara et al. 2009; Nyambo et al. 2010), natural rubber (Bras et al.”
Eco-Challenges of Bio-Based Polymer Composites (2009, methodology): “With regards to impact properties, the toughness results were impaired for PLA composites reinforced with cellulose [4], whereas small improvements are recorded with the addition of cotton or kenaf fibers [6,7].”
Physical and thermal properties of treated sugar palm/glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane hybrid composites (2019, background): “Furthermore, the previous works that investigated with combination treatment of alkaline and silane as shown in Table 1 such as kenaf [12,13], sisal [14], bamboo [15], hemp [16] also showed the good properties of composites.”