Recent Development of Flax Fibres and Their Reinforced Composites Based on Different Polymeric Matrices

dc.contributor.author	Zhu, Jinchun	-
dc.contributor.author	Zhu, Huijun	-
dc.contributor.author	Njuguna, James A. K.	-
dc.contributor.author	Abhyankar, Hrushikesh	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-09-26T04:00:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-09-26T04:00:56Z
dc.date.issued	2013-11-12T00:00:00Z	-
dc.identifier.citation	Jinchun Zhu, Huijun Zhu, James Njuguna and Hrushikesh Abhyankar, Recent Development of Flax Fibres and Their Reinforced Composites Based on Different Polymeric Matrices, Materials, 2013, Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 5171-5198.
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma6115171	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8710
dc.description.abstract	This work describes flax fibre reinforced polymeric composites with recent developments. The properties of flax fibres, as well as advanced fibre treatments such as mercerization, silane treatment, acylation, peroxide treatment and coatings for the enhancement of flax/matrix incompatibility are presented. The characteristic properties and characterizations of flax composites on various polymers including polypropylene (PP) and polylactic acid, epoxy, bio-epoxy and bio-phenolic resin are discussed. A brief overview is also given on the recent nanotechnology applied in flax composites. Keywords: flax composites; mechanical properties; modifications	en_UK
dc.language.iso	en_UK	-
dc.title	Recent Development of Flax Fibres and Their Reinforced Composites Based on Different Polymeric Matrices	en_UK
dc.type	Article	-