PMID- 37376332
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230701
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 12
DP  - 2023 Jun 15
TI  - Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced 
      Bio-Polyethylene Composites.
LID - 10.3390/polym15122686 [doi]
LID - 2686
AB  - Bio-based polymers, with any of their constituents based on nonrenewable sources, 
      can answer the demands of society and regulations regarding minimizing the 
      environmental impact. The more similar such biocomposites are to oil-based 
      composites, the easier the transition, especially for companies that do not like 
      the uncertainty. A BioPE matrix, with a structure similar to that of a 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE), was used to obtain abaca-fiber-reinforced 
      composites. The tensile properties of these composites are displayed and compared 
      with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE. Since the strength of the interface 
      between the reinforcements and the matrix is responsible for the exploitation of 
      the strengthening abilities of the reinforcements, several micromechanical models 
      were used to obtain an estimation of the strength of the interface and the 
      intrinsic tensile strength of the reinforcements. Biocomposites require the use 
      of a coupling agent to strengthen their interface, and once an 8 wt.% of such 
      coupling agent was added to the composites, these materials returned tensile 
      properties in line with commercial glass-fiber-reinforced HDPE composites.
FAU - Seculi, Faust
AU  - Seculi F
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Espinach, Francesc X
AU  - Espinach FX
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6635-0260
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Julian, Fernando
AU  - Julian F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3230-0588
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Delgado-Aguilar, Marc
AU  - Delgado-Aguilar M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1540-3326
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Mutje, Pere
AU  - Mutje P
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Tarres, Quim
AU  - Tarres Q
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7021-2055
AD  - LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
LA  - eng
GR  - TED2021-1310398-C33/Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230615
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC10304190
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BioPE
OT  - abaca fibers
OT  - biocomposites
OT  - interface strength
OT  - intrinsic tensile strength
OT  - micromechanics
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/06/28 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/28 06:43
PMCR- 2023/06/15
CRDT- 2023/06/28 01:38
PHST- 2023/04/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/06/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/28 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/28 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/28 01:38 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym15122686 [pii]
AID - polymers-15-02686 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym15122686 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2023 Jun 15;15(12):2686. doi: 10.3390/polym15122686.