The Silane Interphase of Composites: Effects of Process Conditions on Gamma-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane

Effect of fiber loading on the properties of treated cellulose fiber-reinforced phenolic composites

“…A wide variety of fiber modifications have been reviewed in literature looking for an improvement on such adhesion [5][6][7][8]. Alkali treatment of the fibers and reaction with organosilanes as coupling agents have been selected in this work due to they are proven efficient methods for treating cellulose fibers [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Moreover, mentioned modifications of the fibers have been applied and optimized for the specific regenerated fibers-phenolic matrix composites in previous works [15,16].…”

Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites

“…Silanes were effective in improving the interface properties (Culler et al 1986;Ghatge and Khisti 1989;Coutinho et al 1997;Gonzalez et al 1997;. Among the various agents, silane-coupling agents were found to be effective in modifying the natural fiber-matrix interface.…”