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- 2022Development of Multi-Scale Carbon Nanofiber and Nanotube-Based Cementitious Composites for Reliable Sensing of Tensile Stressescitations
- 2021Accelerated weathering of textile waste nonwovens used as sustainable agricultural mulchingcitations
- 2021Micro-structure and mechanical properties of microcrystalline cellulose-sisal fiber reinforced cementitious composites developed using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as the dispersing agentcitations
- 2020Mechanical and micro-structural investigation of multi-scale cementitious composites developed using sisal fibres and microcrystalline cellulosecitations
- 2018A green approach of improving interface and performance of plant fibre composites using microcrystalline cellulosecitations
- 2018Mechanical performance of composite materials developed using novel re-entrant star auxetic fibrous architectures
- 2018Ultrasonic dispersion of micro crystalline cellulose for developing cementitious composites with excellent strength and stiffnesscitations
- 2018A facile approach of developing micro crystalline cellulose reinforced cementitious composites with improved microstructure and mechanical performancecitations
- 2018Effect of multiscale reinforcement on the mechanical properties and microstructure of microcrystalline cellulose-carbon nanotube reinforced cementitious compositescitations
- 2017Advanced carbon nanotube reinforced multi-scale compositescitations
- 2017A novel approach of developing micro crystalline cellulose reinforced cementitious composites with enhanced microstructure and mechanical performancecitations
- 2017Advanced Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Multiscale Composites
- 2017Characterizing dispersion and long term stability of concentrated carbon nanotube aqueous suspensions for fabricating ductile cementitious compositescitations
- 2017Macro- and nanodimensional plant fiber reinforcements for cementitious compositescitations
- 2015Microstructure and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube reinforced cementitious composites developed using a novel dispersion techniquecitations
- 2014Biodegradation Studies of Textiles and Clothing Productscitations
- 2013Processing and performance of carbon/epoxy multi-scale composites containing carbon nanofibres and single walled carbon nanotubescitations
- 2013Braided composite rodscitations
- 2013Mechanical and thermal transmission properties of carbon nanofiber-dispersed carbon/phenolic multiscale compositescitations
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A green approach of improving interface and performance of plant fibre composites using microcrystalline cellulose
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<p>In contrast to the conventional methods of improving interface and performances of plant fibre composites through fibre surface modification, this paper reports a novel approach based on the dispersion of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) in the composite's matrix. MCC was dispersed within the matrix of jute fibre reinforced epoxy composites to improve the fibre/matrix interface as well as mechanical, dynamic-mechanical and thermal performances. To develop these novel jute/epoxy/MCC hierarchical composites, MCC was first dispersed within an epoxy resin using a short ultrasonication process (1 h) and subsequently, the MCC/epoxy suspensions were infused through jute fabrics using the vacuum infusion technique and cured. Hierarchical composites by dispersing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) within the epoxy resin were also fabricated to compare their performance with MCC based hierarchical composites. Interface (single fibre pull-out test), mechanical (tensile, flexural, izod impact), thermal (thermogravimetric analysis) and dynamic mechanical performances of the developed composites were thoroughly studied. It was observed that the addition of MCC to the epoxy matrix led to a significant increase in the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) between jute fibres and the epoxy matrix and consequently, resulted up to 18.4%, 21.5%, 28.3%, 67% and 49.5% improvements in the tensile strength, flexural strength, impact energy, storage and loss moduli, respectively as compared to the neat jute/epoxy composites. The above improvements achieved with MCC were significantly higher as compared to the MWCNT based hierarchical composites developed using the same technique.</p>