The short life cycle and recalcitrant nature of petroleum-based plastics have been
associated with plastic waste accumulation due to their composition rather than worldwide …

The increasing demand for environmental protection has led to the rapid development of
greener and biodegradable polymers, whose creation provided new challenges and …

Fiber reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composites are one of the current research hotspots.
Rice residues (RR) and glass fiber (GF) are commonly used as raw materials for …

The narrow process temperature window available to consolidate self-reinforced PLA
composites is one of the challenges for the application of this type of composites. In the …

The thermal behavior of hemp-poly lactic acid composites with both untreated and
chemically surface modified hemp fiber was characterized by means of activation energy of …

The depletion of fossil resources and the growing demand for plastic waste reduction has
put industries and academic researchers under pressure to develop increasingly …

Natural abundance, low density, high strength per unit weight, and biodegradability of
lignocellulosic materials, specifically natural fibres, render them attractive for reinforcement …

Significant interest for utilizing and processing natural fibers (NF) to develop sustainable and
fully biodegradable composites evolved as the global environmental concerns upsurge …

Polylactic acid (PLA), a potential alternative material for single use plastics, generally
portrays a slow crystallization rate during melt-processing. The use of a nanomaterial such …

Carbon fibre (CF) based polymeric composites are being used in automobile and aviation
applications due to their lightweight, excellent mechanical and physical properties. In this …