“…These greatly enhanced the mechanical and tribological properties of the composites. Numerous works [19,25,29,31,33,37,61,66,71,73,77,80,84,89,91,93,102,104,107,109,112] have been reported in these regard. Alkali treatment by NaOH (sodium hydroxide) solution was the most commonly used due to the low cost and ease of use.…”