caa a22 4500 445291818 CHVBK 20180317142530.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12588-010-0010-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12588-010-0010-6 Mechanical and fracture behavior of banana fiber reinforced Polylactic acid biocomposites [Elektronische Daten] [Sunil Majhi, Sanjay Nayak, Smita Mohanty, Lakshmi Unnikrishnan] Polylactic acid (PLA)/banana fiber (BF) biocomposites were fabricated using melt compounding technique. The effect of variable fiber composition, mercerization of fiber as well as incorporation of Maleic anhydride (MA) as compatibilizer and Glycerol triacetate ester (GTA) on the properties of PLA/BF composites was studied. MA compatibilized biocomposites exhibited improved tensile modulus to the tune of 62% whereas GTA plasticized composites showed improvement in impact strength by 143%. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed an increase in the stability of MA incorporated systems and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed increase in Tc with the incorporation of BF and compatibilizer. Increase in storage modulus of the composites as determined from Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) also confirmed effective stress transfer from the matrix to banana fiber. The morphological investigations using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicated improved interfacial adhesion in compatibilized and plasticized systems. Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, 2010 Polylactic acid nationallicence Natural fibers nationallicence Biocomposites nationallicence Fracture behavior nationallicence Majhi Sunil Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut Nayak Sanjay Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut Mohanty Smita Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut Unnikrishnan Lakshmi Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut International Journal of Plastics Technology Springer-Verlag 14(2010-12-01), 57-75 0972-656X 14<57 2010 14 12588 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12588-010-0010-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12588-010-0010-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Majhi Sunil Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nayak Sanjay Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohanty Smita Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Unnikrishnan Lakshmi Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, 751024, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Plastics Technology Springer-Verlag 14(2010-12-01), 57-75 0972-656X 14<57 2010 14 12588 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer