caa a22 4500 445384867 CHVBK 20180317143029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-011-0320-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-011-0320-6 PLA Based Biopolymer Reinforced with Natural Fibre: A Review [Elektronische Daten] [Tapasi Mukherjee, Nhol Kao] In recent years renewed interest on the development of biopolymers, based on constituents obtained from natural resources is gaining much attention. Natural fibres such as kenaf, hemp, flax, jute, bamboo, elephant grass and sisal based polymer with thermoplastic and thermoset matrices offer reductions in weight, cost and carbon dioxide emission, less reliance on foreign oil resources and recyclability. Reinforced biopolymer with natural fibres is the future of "green composites” addressing many sustainability issues. Among the available biopolymer, PLA (polylactide) is the only natural resource polymer produced at a large scale of over 140,000tonnes per year. Natural fibre reinforced PLA based biocomposites are widely investigated by the polymer scientists in the last decade to compete with non renewable petroleum based products. The type of fibre used plays an important role in fibre/matrix adhesion and thereby affects the mechanical performance of the biocomposites. The aim of this review is to investigate the effects of processing methods, fibre length, fibre orientation, fibre-volume fraction, and fibre-surface treatment on the fibre/matrix adhesion and mechanical properties of natural-fibre-reinforced PLA composites. Although much work has been performed to engineer the design of such superior biocomposites, the information is scattered in nature. A comprehensive review on the major technical considerations undertaken to prepare such biocomposites over the last decade is investigated to address the feasibility of wide scale industrial acceptance to such biocomposites. A brief review on the available natural fibres and biopolymer is also given for a comparative study. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 PLA nationallicence Natural fibres nationallicence Bio-based fibres nationallicence Fibres nationallicence Biopolymer nationallicence BRAF : Bleached red algae fibre nationallicence PLA : Polylactide/polylactic acid nationallicence PLLA : Poly-l-lactide nationallicence PDLA : Poly-d-lactide nationallicence sc-PLA : Stereocomplex PLA nationallicence PHA : Polyhroxyalkanoates nationallicence PHB : Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate nationallicence PHBV : Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate nationallicence CA : Cellulose acetate nationallicence CAP : Cellulose acetate propionate nationallicence CAB : Cellulose acetate butyrate nationallicence WPC : Wood plastic composite nationallicence Mukherjee Tapasi School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, 3001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut Kao Nhol School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, 3001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/3(2011-09-01), 714-725 1566-2543 19:3<714 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0320-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0320-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mukherjee Tapasi School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, 3001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kao Nhol School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, 3001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/3(2011-09-01), 714-725 1566-2543 19:3<714 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer