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- 2024Upcycling Fishing Net Waste and Metal Oxide from Electroplating Waste into Alga Cultivation Structures with Antibacterial Properties
- 2024Fibrous Structures: An Overview of Their Responsiveness to External Stimuli towards Intended Applicationcitations
- 2024Extraction of Natural-Based Raw Materials Towards the Production of Sustainable Man-Made Organic Fibrescitations
- 2023Halochromic Textiles for Real-Time Sensing of Hazardous Chemicals and Personal Protectioncitations
- 2023Prussian blue sensor for bacteria detection in personal protection clothingcitations
- 2023Blast fragment impact of angle-ply composite structures for buildings wall protectioncitations
- 2023Experimental thermal behavior of fibrous structures for high-performance heat resistant fire curtainscitations
- 2023Development of Smart Clothing to Prevent Pressure Injuries in Bedridden Persons and/or with Severely Impaired Mobility: 4NoPressure Research Protocolcitations
- 2022Low-Velocity Impact Response of Auxetic Seamless Knits Combined with Non-Newtonian Fluidscitations
- 2022Effect of Amino-Silane Mineral Waste Treatment on the Mechanical Resistance of PA12-Mineral Composites Processed by SLS Printing
- 2022Halochromic Inks Applied on Cardboard for Food Spoilage Monitorizationcitations
- 2022Multilayer and Multiscale Structures for Personal Protective Equipmentcitations
- 2022Advanced Coatings of Polyureas for Building Blast Protection: Physical, Chemical, Thermal and Mechanical Characterizationcitations
- 2021Study of the Filtration Performance of Multilayer and Multiscale Fibrous Structurescitations
- 2021A Review of Multiple Scale Fibrous and Composite Systems for Heating Applicationscitations
- 2019Mechanical performance of thermoplastic olefin composites reinforced with coir and sisal natural fibers: Influence of surface pretreatmentcitations
- 2019Mechanical performance of azorean cryptomeria wood waste as reinforcement of ecocomposites
- 2018Characterization of recycled carbon fibers reinforcing thermoplastic polymers
- 2018Study of antimicrobial capacity in reinforced composites with mineral filler
- 2018Fibrenamics green: an opportunity to a sustainable innovation
- 2018Influence of carbon nanotubes in the performance of a composite materials for ballistic helmets
- 2018Recovery of mineral dust in composite materials
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Mechanical performance of thermoplastic olefin composites reinforced with coir and sisal natural fibers: Influence of surface pretreatment
Abstract
In this research, composites based on thermoplastic olefin (TPO) elastomers reinforced with natural fibers were developed, having had very interesting results, aiming toward an application in the automotive industry, for manufacturing car interior components. For the first time, sisal and coir fibers were used as reinforcement of TPO composites. The best‐performing samples have had a successfully reduced maximum elongation and improved both maximum stress and Young's modulus values. Different compositions were studied regarding several parameters: type of fiber (coir or sisal treated and nontreated), coupling agent presence (maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene [MAPP]) and fiber content. Overall, the presence of fibers has had a clear positive impact on the composites' mechanical properties, enhanced by the presence of MAPP, mostly when using 4% (w/w) of fiber content. The fibers' surface treatment was especially important in this work, enabling the evaluation of the fibers' alkali treatment's influence in the final mechanical properties of the composites. The treatment successfully removed some of the most hydrophobic constituents of the natural fibers, like lignin, improving the possibility of a better adhesion of the fibers to the matrix. Finally, the mechanical properties of the composites were evaluated, and it was concluded that the alkali pretreatment had a very ; TSSiPRO project, operation code NORTE 01–0145–FEDER–000015 supported by “Programa Operacional Regional do Norte” number NORTE45-2015-02. The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding by P2020, under the Individual Project SI I&DT n 10977, entitled “FibreInSurface – Fibre inclusion in plastic materials for automotive interior surfaces”, co–financed by Compete 2020, Portugal 2020 and European Union