Effects of fibre treatment on wettability and mechanical behaviour of flax/polypropylene composites

By Guillermo Cantero, A. Arbelaiz, R. Llano-Ponte, I. Mondragon. 2003

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Green Composites as Panacea? Socio-Economic Aspects of Green Materials (2006, background): “A restriction to their successful exploitation is their low thermal stability, microbial and fungi resistance, susceptibility to rotting and their hydrophilic character resulting in high moisture uptake, affecting the properties of their composites (Bledzki and Gassan, 1996; Costa and D’Almeida, 199”
Interface and bonding mechanisms of plant fibre composites: An overview (2016, background): “In addition to the pectin and waxy substances in plant fibre acting as a barrier to interlock with nonpolar polymer matrix, the presence of plenty hydroxyl groups hinders its operative reaction with the matrix[10-13].”
Influence of the degree of retting of flax fibers on the tensile properties of single fibers and short fiber/polypropylene composites (2013, background): “The use of maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MA-PP) in amounts less than 5% of the mass of matrix has been shown to provide the best composite tensile properties (Arbelaiz et al., 2005; Cantero et al., 2003).”