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Extraction of Cellulose Microfibers From Waste Fallen Dried Leaves and Fabrication of a Degradable Composite Film for Packaging Applications
Cellulose is the most attractive renewable natural polymer, carrying off a 211 billion USD market size that entered the plastic world for industrial application. However, the extraction of cellulose forms (mic...
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Hybrid eco-friendly coating on bamboo fabric through Taguchi formulations for flame and thermal resistance
The flammability of natural fibers is their main limitation in high-temperature engineering applications, a contemporary issue in the present green engineering sector. Therefore, the current investigation focu...
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Effect of Extracted Nano-cellulose from Paper Egg Trays on Mechanical Properties of Vinyl Ester/Kenaf Fibers Composites
This study sustainably developed natural fiber composites from extracted nano-cellulose (ENC) from waste paper egg trays and incorporated them into vinyl ester/kenaf fiber (ENCVK) composites using a vacuum-ass...
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Effect of a synthesized chitosan flame retardant on the flammability, thermal properties, and mechanical properties of vinyl ester/bamboo nonwoven fiber composites
In this study, a chitosan-based bioflame retardant additive (referred to as NCS) was prepared by chemically altering CS with silicon dioxide (SiO2) via an ion interchange reaction. The effect of NCS on the therma...
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Open AccessSynthesis of vinyl ester resin-carrying PVDF green nanofibers for self-healing applications
Self-healing on the engineering applications is smart, decisive research for prolonging the life span of the materials and the innovations have been mounting still smarter. Connecting to advancements in self-h...
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Influence of chitosan-centered additives on flammable properties of vinyl ester matrix composites
This study focused on the effects of novel chitosan-ammonium polyphosphate, chitosan, and ammonium polyphosphate additives on the flammable properties of a vinyl ester matrix. A general mechanical process used...
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Synthesis of a novel compound based on chitosan and ammonium polyphosphate for flame retardancy applications
In this investigation, a novel compound (NCSAPP) based on chitosan (CS) and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) was synthesized by employing solutions of chitosan and ammonium polyphosphate. The synthesized compound ...
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Microstructure, optical and dielectric properties of cerium oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition
Cerium oxide (CeO2) thin films were deposited on Pt (111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates using pulsed laser deposition method at different temperatures such as, 300 K, 573 K and 873 K with 3 × 10−2 mbar oxygen partia...
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Development of Hybrid Composites with Improved Mechanical and Self-healing Properties
Self-repair materials or self-healing composites had made a prominent role in present scenario, which can heal the damages occurred by accidents inside and outside body by itself without any external efforts. ...
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Current advances in the fire retardancy of natural fiber and bio-based composites – A review
Natural fibers and bio-based composites are competitive to conventional materials in structural and transportation industry. Natural fibers reinforced polymer matrix composites are familiar/common materials cu...
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Effect of inorganic fillers and ammonium polyphosphate on the flammability, thermal stability, and mechanical properties of abaca-fabric/vinyl ester composites
In order to comply with the safety environment requirements, this research is being carried out for reinforcing inorganic additives to improve fire retardancy of composite. In the present study, abaca fabric/v...
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Mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy composites reinforced with waste peanut shell powder as a bio-filler
Bio-filled polymer composites are gradually replacing plastics to achieve the aim of environmental sustainability. Present study has been carried out to prepare the composites made by reinforcing waste peanut ...
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Biodegradable Chitosan-g-Poly(methacrylamide) Microspheres for Controlled Release of Hypertensive Drug
Chitosan-g-poly(methacrylamide) (CS-g-PMAAm) was synthesized by redox polymerization. The synthesized graft copolymers were used to prepare microspheres (MS) by water/oil (W/O) emulsion technique and cross-lin...
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Preparation and characterization of pH sensitive poly(vinyl alcohol)/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose IPN microspheres for in vitro release studies of an anti-cancer drug
Interpenetrating polymeric network microspheres (IPNMs) consisting of poly(vinyl alcohol) and sodium carboxymethylcellulose were prepared by water-in-oil emulsion method and were cross-linked with glutaraldehy...
