Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) provide the customers with more
alternatives in the material market due to their unique advantages. Poor fiber–matrix …

Polyolefins are macromolecular alkanes and include the most familiar and most
commercially produced plastic, polyethylene. The low cost of these materials combined with …

The suitability of using polypropylene modified with an organosilane as a coupling agent for
polypropylene/wood-flour composites was investigated. The tensile properties, the water …

Polypropylene (PP) is a large-consumed polymer employed in many applications. For some
uses, good flame resistance is desirable and this can be achieved by the addition of metallic …

The bond between polymer fibers and the surrounding cementitious matrix is essential for
the development of concrete reinforcement. The single fiber pull‐out test (SFPT) is the …

The mechanical, morphological behavior and water absorption characteristics of
polypropylene (PP) and silica, or PP and rice‐husk, composites have been studied. The …

Two strategies for introducing long chain branching (LCB) to a polypropylene homopolymer
(PP) are evaluated in terms of the product's molecular weight and branching distributions …

Composites of PP and coir fibers were prepared in a mixer. Two coupling agents were
added with view to improve the properties of the composites. The first one was a laboratory …

Polypropylene (pp) was functionalized in the melt phase by grafting with itaconic acid
derivatives. 2, 5-dimethyl-2, 5-bis (tert-buthylperoxy) hexane (lupersol 101) was used as …

Functionalization of polyolefins has been a challenging but promising issue since their
invention, with the promise of retaining inherent properties and overcoming the low reactivity …