Multi-scale study of the adhesion between flax fibers and biobased thermoset matrices

Preparation and characterization of flax biocomposites made of seed mucilage reinforced by fibers

“…These values were similar to those of several biopolymers (PLA, PGA, and PHB) [35] and some thermoset resins such as unsaturated polyesters [36] and epoxy [32], including partially bio-based ones [37]. The mucilage samples were relatively stiff with an elastic deformation domain of $1%, and a subsequent strain to failure estimation of approximately 1.5%.…”

“…Indeed, Bos et al reported large E-values of up to 9 GPa for flax-polypropylene composites, depending on the length and orientation of the fibers, as well as on the processing of the composite [46]. Compared with unidirectional composites of similar flax fiber content, flax-mucilage composites had E-values that were two to three fold lower than most of the flax-epoxy composites (e.g., [23,32,33,47]), including ''biosourced'' epoxy composites [37]. These flax-epoxy composites had values of tensile strength that were close to those of Muc-R-I and Muc-R-Th.…”

The performance of mengkuang leaf fiber reinforced low density polyethylene composites

“…The concern for environmental issues such as ingestion of plastic by animals has sparked the necessity to study about natural fibres to replace synthetic fibres [17]. The depletion of crude oil and high cost of producing it has urged the studies for a suitable replacement for synthetic fiber [18]. The optimum mechanical properties of composites are characterized by the interface between the matrix and filler and crystallization behaviour of the matrix [19].…”

Triglyceride-based thermosetting resins with different reactive diluents and fiber reinforced composite applications

“…Nevertheless, natural fibers have several advantages such as relatively high specific strength and modulus, low density, lower cost, minimum processing requirements and a much lower carbon footprint. In recent years, natural fibers and plant-based resins have been successfully employed to produce low cost natural composites which were found to be suitable in housing, transportation, construction, toys, sporting goods, furniture, electronics and many other applications [1,17,18,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”