New Frontiers of Natural Fibers and Their Composites
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 5693
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodegradable materials; biomaterials; natural fiber reinforced composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue entitled “New Frontiers of Natural Fibers and Their Composites” is intended to give a point of view of the current situation of the research in the area of composites reinforced with fibers from natural resources, including research on the methodologies to produce and characterize natural fibers for such purposes. During the last few decades, there has been an increasing interest in the reinforcing of polymers derived from nonrenewable resources, with cellulosic and lignocellulosic fibers. The latest research lines open new horizons by also using polymer matrices from renewable resources and fibers in the nanoscale to produce totally renewable materials with improved properties.
In this way, original manuscripts exploring new methodologies to produce composites reinforced with natural fibers, fabrication of composites with natural occurring polymer matrices or derived from renewable resources, production of nanoscale cellulose to reinforce renewable polymer matrices, nanocomposites reinforced with cellulosic nanofibers/nanocrystals, and other nanostructured cellulosic resources are welcome. The studies can be structured as experimental works, to produce the fibers or the composites, theoretical studies of finite elements (production of final pieces), development of micromechanical studies of the produced composites materials or even life cycle assessment to determine the viability of the production of the materials. The Special Issue will be of interest for fiber producers, new developers of polymer matrices from renewable resources, and interdisciplinary teams and enterprises to produce new materials which are more respectful toward the environment.
Dr. José Alberto Méndez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Naturally occurring polymers
- Cellulosic fibers
- Lingnocellulosic fibers
- Composite materials reinforced with natural fibers
- Nanoscale cellulose fibers
- Characterization of polymer composites reinforced with renewable fibers
- Micromechanics
- Life cycle assessment related with totally renewable composites
