Dear Colleagues,

Recent manufacturing advancements have led to the fabrication of polymeric composites reinforced with natural fibers and nanofillers. However, to reduce the impact on the environment, efforts have been made to replace synthetic fibers by natural fibers in many applications. Natural fibers can possess higher cellulose content, a higher degree of polymerization of cellulose, and a lower microfibrillar angle, which are crucial factors for the mechanical properties, namely tensile modulus and tensile strength, and many other properties that make them suitable for the reinforcement of polymeric composites. Their blend can consists in biopolymeric matrices that are effective engineering materials that are able to compete with traditional polymers based on fossil fuel-derived feedstocks. The need to use such polymers derived from renewable resources has increased during the last decades due to environmental concerns and awareness of the limited resources based on fossil fuel feedstock. The engineering properties of biopolymeric composites in terms of processing and use can be  described in detail through comparison with those that have been manufactured with conventional polymers, in terms of: classification, synthesis, chemical structure, and the resulting mechanical and biodegradation behaviour, etc. The research work that will be submitted to this special issue need to show a complete overview of the application fields where these sustainable biopolymeric composites show potential, with a particular emphasis on their role as matrices for biocomposites reinforced with Natural Fibers and Nanofillers to be applied in a wide range of situations from civil construction to biomedical applications"

Dr. Deesy Gomes Pinto
Dr. Rajashekhar Kurahatti
Guest Editors

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