Single-fibre tensile testing of plant fibres: Set-up compliance as a key parameter for reliable assessment of their mechanical behaviour

E Huguet, S Corn, N Le Moigne, P Ienny - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The use of plant fibres as reinforcements in engineering applications requires reliable
determination of their mechanical properties. This work focuses on single-fibre longitudinal …

Atomic force microscopy-based nanoindentation technique for characterizing the transverse and shear moduli of flax fibers

PV Divakarraju, V Pandurangan… - Composites Science and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Experimentally evaluating the elastic properties of flax fibers is challenging due to their
complex hierarchical structure, and a standard test procedure for measuring their transverse …

[HTML][HTML] Metaproteomics identifies key cell wall degrading enzymes and proteins potentially related to inter-field variability in fiber quality during flax dew retting

S Mukherjee, E Goulas, A Creach, F Krzewinski… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this study, metaproteomics and biochemical analyses were used to identify for the first
time specific proteins and associated micro-organisms responsible for cell wall degrading …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability modeling of tensile properties in recycled carbon fibers: a comparative fit of statistical distributions pre-and post-textile processing

J Ivars, KP Tran, AR Labanieh, D Soulat - Materials Today Communications, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Due to their extensive use in the aerospace, automotive, wind energy, and sports industries,
the recycling of carbon fiber composites has become increasingly important …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the Thermoplastic Fiber Ratio on the Mechanical Properties of Recycled Carbon Fibers During the Carding Process

J Ivars, AR Labanieh, D Soulat - Materials, 2025‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study investigates the impact of carding and blending recycled carbon fibers (rCF) with
crimped thermoplastic polypropylene (PP) fibers on the mechanical properties of rCF, using …