Towards widespread properties of cellulosic fibers composites: A comprehensive review

Abstract

To meet the growing demand for the use of environmentally and friendly materials in various applications, many efforts have been done in order to provide lighweighting, biodegradable, and renewable composites leading to a diminution of greenhouse gas emissions. However, they are confronting some challenges that may limit their utilization in industries such as poor interfacial adherence, high moisture absorption, low processing temperature, and impact strength. Several research works have been carried out regarding the mechanical, thermal, and hydric properties of natural fibers reinforced composites to deal with above underlined drawbacks. Actually, based on our analysis, there are two relevant concerns that prevent their integration in other industries such as marine and renewable energy sectors. In this context, the current critical review offers an up to date overview of the factors influencing the properties of the different components of natural fibers composites (fiber, matrix, fiber/matrix interface) as well as their physicochemical, mechanical, thermal and hydric behaviors. Recent works on the mechanical properties of nanobiocomposites based on cellulosic fibers, crystals, and nano-clay fillers are reviewed. The future directions are also discussed to overcome the challenges confronted by these materials, that is, fire resistance and moisture absorption, in order to widespread their utilization especially for wet and fire retardant purposes.

Weibull Integrated AHP for The Selection of Natural Fiber Composites Material

“…The scientific articles published in line with this subject have increased significantly in the past years. This scenario proves the importance of this application in this domain of research [7][8][9]. In fact, when compared with synthetic fibers, the NFs derived from plant sources and their application in composite materials [10] are cost-effective, lightweight, biodegradable and non-abrasive [11,12].Therefore, it is crucial to study the performance of Natural Fibers Composites (NFCs) during a full life cycle of a composite part, intended for application in the automotive industry.…”

Potential of lignocellulosic fiber reinforced polymer composites for automobile parts production: Current knowledge, research needs, and future direction

“…The main chemical constituents of lignocellulosic fibers are cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, with other traces of constituents such as pectin, wax, moisture, and ash, as shown in Table 4 . Cellulose is a straight-chain polymer of carbohydrates that consists of several microfibrils bound together by both lignin and hemicellulose, which makes them flexible with a mechanical load-bearing function [ 102 ]. It has a crystalline structure present in the primary cell wall of a green plant.…”

Effect of Kigelia pinnata biochar inclusion on mechanical and thermal properties of curtain climber fiber reinforced epoxide biocomposites

“…Continuous, long natural fiber or synthetic fiber can be used as a mat or chopped with bioforms of ceramics or particulates spanning in size from micro to nano to enhance the fundamental characteristics of the polymer matrix. 7 Owing to their distinct qualities, like flexibility, low density, high elongation, moderate strength, and toughness, curtain climber fiber products have various attributes. According to the sources, it has a complex cellulose concentration of 80%-88% and a pure cellulose percentage of 65-80%.…”

“…Two standard methods for toughening a polymer matrix are fiber addition and particle reinforcement. Continuous, long natural fiber or synthetic fiber can be used as a mat or chopped with bioforms of ceramics or particulates spanning in size from micro to nano to enhance the fundamental characteristics of the polymer matrix 7 . Owing to their distinct qualities, like flexibility, low density, high elongation, moderate strength, and toughness, curtain climber fiber products have various attributes.…”