Mechanical Improvement of Ramie Woven Reinforced-Starch Based Biocomposite Using Biosizing Method

Ramie fibers in a comparison between chemical and microbiological retting proposed for application in biocomposites

“…Ramie fibers can be proposed for application in bio-composites production where the presence of fibers can have both benefit of increasing tensile strength, and elastic modulus of the materials, as well as lowering cost, since most biodegradable polymers are pretty expensive (Marsyahyo E Astuti and Ruwana, 2011;Choi and Lee, 2012;Kumar et al, 2012). For example, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are interesting biodegradable polymers proposed for production of composites since compostable, but also degradable in soil and marine environment.…”