Application of Natural Fibers in New Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 1178
Special Issue Editors
Interests: development of new building materials (cement, ceramic and geopolymeric) based on the reuse of solid and agro-industrial waste; life cycle assessment; construction technology
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Interests: CIB—International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction; durability of building elements, maintenance of buildings; rehabilitation of buildings; building life cycle assessment
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Interests: cement; concrete; calcium silicate hydrate; formation; crystallization; engineering; composite
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is estimated that around 60 million families around the world are involved in the production of natural fibers—of this total, about 45 million families are producing cotton, 6 million are producers of jute, kenaf and related fibers, about 5 million are wool producers, 1 million are involved in the production of coconut fiber, and another million are involved in other natural fibers, such as Pineapple, Hemp, Sisal and Seda.
The great diversity of natural fibers in existence makes this material extremely abundant; in addition, it has great potential for applications in the development of new construction materials. There are some possible applications of natural fibers in composite materials for civil construction purposes, for example, in cementitious matrices (mortars and concrete), geopolymers and ceramics.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the progress in the use of natural fibers applied to cement, geopolymeric and ceramic materials, for civil construction applications.
The main topics covered in this Special Issue include (but are not limited to):
- Characterization of natural fibers to applied in constructions materials;
- New methodologies for treating natural fibers for applications in many different matrices;
- Durability of composite materials with natural fibers;
- Technological properties of composites with natural fibers;
- Environmental and economic perspective on the use of natural fibers;
- Innovative applications of natural fibers in the development of alternative materials.
Original studies and reviews on subjects, in addition to the aforementioned, that are deemed to contribute to an advance in the knowledge of sustainable materials with natural fibers and their applications are welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo
Prof. Dr. Jorge de Brito
Dr. Roman Fediuk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Sustainable materials
- Composite materials
- Natural fibers
- Durability
- Life cycle analysis
- Mechanical properties
- Agro-industrial waste.
