Production of Biocomposites Using Different Pre-treated Cut Jute Fibre and Polylactic Acid Matrix and Their Properties

Effect of maleic anhydride (MA) and glycerol triacetate (GTA) compatibilisers on the properties of compression moulded pineapple leaf fibre reinforced polylactic acid green composite

“…The N-PLA absorption peaks at 1754 cm −1 , 1452, 2998, 2942 and 1091 cm −1 , respectively, represents the ester (-C = O), methyl(-CH), methylene(-CH) and carbonyl(-C–O)group. Similar findings were reported by Saravana et al [37] and Burrola-Núñez et al [15]. The PALF spectra show a broad peak at 3437 cm −1 representing the hydroxyl group and narrowing on mixing with N-PLA to form various green composites with and without compatibilisers.…”

“…Since natural fibres are biocompatible and they biodegrade, their use as a reinforcement for different green composites has caught the attention of researchers. Various natural fibres like jute [7, 15], sugar palm [16], flax [17-19], bamboo [20], hemp [21], sisal [22], coir [23], kenaf [24], banana [11, 12] and pineapple [1, 13, 14, 25] as a reinforcement material for the PLA matrix have been investigated. The introduction of the natural fibres in the PLA matrix has increased the performance of the green composites.…”

“…The technique involves the inclusion of functional groups such as anhydride and epoxies to non-reactive polymers to produce reactive polymers. Reactive compatibilisation enhances the fibre–matrix interaction results in better load transfer between the compatibilised PLA matrix and fibre were reported by Burrola-Núñez [15], Birnin-Yauri et al [31] and Tanrattanakul et al [33]. Maleic anhydride (MA) is the most studied because of its low toxicity, and it exhibits an enhancement of the mechanical properties were evaluated by Sunil et al [11] and Yu et al [34].…”