Natural Lignocellulosic Fibers as Engineering Materials—An Overview

By S. Monteiro, F. Lopes, A. Barbosa, A. Bevitori, I. Silva, L. Costa. 2011

300 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Recent investigations on the tensile properties of natural cellulose-based fibers revealed an increasing potential as engineering materials. This is particularly the case of very thin fibers of some species such as sisal, ramie, and curaua. However, several other commonly used fibers such as flax, jute, hemp, coir, cotton, and bamboo as well as less known bagasse, piassava, sponge gourde, and buriti display tensile properties that could qualify them as engineering materials. An overview of the strength limits attained by these fibers is presented. Based on a tensile strength vs density chart, it is shown that natural fibers stand out as a relevant class of engineering materials.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Plant Science, Polymers and Plastics

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/b887ed4ed47f197d5178b05fef203764788c9ae7

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Biomaterials

1. Dede Hermawan
2. R. Dungani
3. M. Karina
4. A. Hadiyane
5. Aminudin Sulaeman
6. Subyakto

In Plant Science

1. R. Dungani
2. M. Karina

In Polymers and Plastics

1. Dede Hermawan
2. R. Dungani
3. M. Karina
4. A. Hadiyane
5. Aminudin Sulaeman
6. Subyakto

Citations in the corpus

• Agricultural waste fibers towards sustainability and advanced utilization: a review. (2016, background): “Ductility of fiber is shown if microfibrils possess a spiral orientation to the fibre axis, whereas if microfibrils are oriented parallel to the fibre axis, the fibres is rigid and inflexible (Satyanarayana et al., 2009; Monteiro et al., 2011).”