PMID- 30597959
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Dec 29
TI  - Study of Agave Fiber-Reinforced Biocomposite Films.
LID - 10.3390/ma12010099 [doi]
LID - 99
AB  - Thermoplastic resins (linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density 
      polyethylene (HDPE), and polypropylene (PP)) reinforced by different content 
      ratios of raw agave fibers were prepared and characterized in terms of their 
      mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties as well as their morphology. The 
      morphological properties of agave fibers and films were characterized by scanning 
      electron microscopy and the variations in chemical interactions between the 
      filler and matrix materials were studied using Fourier-transform infrared 
      spectroscopy. No significant chemical interaction between the filler and matrix 
      was observed. Melting point and crystallinity of the composites were evaluated 
      for the effect of agave fiber on thermal properties of the composites, and 
      modulus and yield strength parameters were inspected for mechanical analysis. 
      While addition of natural fillers did not affect the overall thermal properties 
      of the composite materials, elastic modulus and yielding stress exhibited direct 
      correlation to the filler content and increased as the fiber content was 
      increased. The highest elastic moduli were achieved with 20 wt % agave fiber for 
      all the three composites. The values were increased by 319.3%, 69.2%, and 57.2%, 
      for LLDPE, HDPE, and PP, respectively. The optimum yield stresses were achieved 
      with 20 wt % fiber for LLDPE increasing by 84.2% and with 30 wt % for both HDPE 
      and PP, increasing by 52% and 12.3% respectively.
FAU - Annandarajah, Cindu
AU  - Annandarajah C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8730-7616
AD  - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, 
      USA. cindu@iastate.edu.
FAU - Li, Peng
AU  - Li P
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. 
      pengnova@iastate.edu.
FAU - Michel, Mitchel
AU  - Michel M
AD  - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, 
      USA. mmmichel@iastate.edu.
FAU - Chen, Yuanfen
AU  - Chen Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1111-054X
AD  - College of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. 
      yuanfenchen@gxu.edu.cn.
FAU - Jamshidi, Reihaneh
AU  - Jamshidi R
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 
      06117, USA. jamshidi@hartford.edu.
FAU - Kiziltas, Alper
AU  - Kiziltas A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9297-2007
AD  - Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI 48120, USA. akizilt1@ford.com.
FAU - Hoch, Richard
AU  - Hoch R
AD  - Diageo, London NW10 7HQ, UK. Richard.Hoch@diageo.com.
FAU - Grewell, David
AU  - Grewell D
AD  - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 
      ND 58102, USA. david.grewell@ndsu.edu.
FAU - Montazami, Reza
AU  - Montazami R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8827-0026
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. 
      reza@iastate.edu.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20181229
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC6337419
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - agave fiber
OT  - biocomposites
OT  - mechanical properties
OT  - polyethylene
OT  - polypropylene
OT  - thermoplastic
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2019/01/02 06:00
MHDA- 2019/01/02 06:01
PMCR- 2018/12/29
CRDT- 2019/01/02 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/12/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/12/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/01/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/01/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/01/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/12/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma12010099 [pii]
AID - materials-12-00099 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma12010099 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2018 Dec 29;12(1):99. doi: 10.3390/ma12010099.