2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

(665e) Natural Fibre Reinforced Cellulose Nanocomposites

Authors

Alexander Bismarck - Presenter, Imperial College London
Marion Pommet, Imperial College London
Julasak Juntaro, Imperial College London
The design, optimisation and control of composite interfaces is the most crucial issue in composite engineering and more so in green composites, because of the known incompatibility of the reinforcing fibres and many polymers used as matrix. Here we will present a novel route to design the interfaces in natural fibre reinforced biobased polymers. Our process allows for the production of fully renewable fibre reinforced cellulose nanocomposites.

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