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Recycling
Various topics related to sustainability in plastics, including bio-related, environmental issues, green, recycling, renewal, re-use and sustainability.
Highly flame retardant green composites using seashells
Using ground seashell as a biofiller in an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer increases flame retardance.
Enhancing the dimensional stability and durability of wood polymer composites
Grafting polystyrene onto wood cell walls improves the interfacial compatibility between polymer and wood, and thus gives rise to better mechanical and hydrophobic properties.
Improved structural properties of polyhydroxybutyrate composites
Cellulose nanocrystals are used to fabricate novel biodegradable nanocomposites that exhibit reduced oxygen permeability, as well as improved tensile and rheological characteristics.
Improved properties of thermoplastic polyurethane bio-composites
An isocyanate surface treatment of flax fibers produces improved interfacial interactions of the fibers with the polymer matrix, and thus stronger eco-composites.
Fabrication of poly(lactic acid) composites with improved tensile strength
Functionalizing graphene oxide with steric acid increases its compatibility with poly(lactic acid), leading to improved tensile strength composites.
Fracture behavior of high-density polyethylene composites
The essential work of fracture concept was used to study the effect of nanoclay on the plain-strain fracturing of pristine and recycled blends.
Enhancing the processability and performance of polylactic acid resins
An in-depth study of polylactide nanocomposite molecular characteristics demonstrates that selecting appropriate organoclays for each polylactide grade is a key issue.
SPE Bioplastic and Renewable Technologies Division February 2016 Newsletter
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Reinforced polylactic acid for use in high-strength biodegradable medical implants
Melt compounding of polylactic acid and halloysite nanotubes produces a novel composite with good mechanical properties.
Optimizing the flame retardant content of natural fiber thermoplastic composites
Aluminum trihydroxide can be used with compounded flax and polypropylene to increase flame retardance behavior, but without reducing mechanical properties.
Effects of surface modification on physical properties of bio-composites
Treated sisal fiber-based materials exhibit permeability, resin flow direction, and tensile strength changes compared with untreated samples.
Investigating the geometrical shape of cellulose nanocrystals
The 3D morphology of nanoparticles prepared from switchgrass is quantitatively and statistically characterized.
SPE Bioplastic and Renewable Technologies Division December 2015 Newsletter
Read the latest issue of the SPE Bioplastic and Renewable Technologies Division newsletter.
Enhancing the properties of low-density polyethylene composites
Mechanical treatment, with the use of a Supermasscolloider, of sugar cane bagasse significantly improves the mechanical and thermal characteristics of composites made with this material.
Reducing the water uptake of environmentally friendly polypropylene composites
Spent coffee ground particles are treated with a fatty acid derivative in a novel hydrophobic method that improves particle dispersion and impact properties.
Investigating the crystallization behavior of poly(lactic acid) materials
The poly(L-lactide)-to-poly(D-lactide) block length ratio of star-shaped asymmetric stereoblock copolymers is a key control on the crystallization of stereocomplex crystallites.
Functionally graded porous membranes for effective sound absorption
Tailoring the microstructure of biobased open-cell porous materials could enable the development of innovative, eco-friendly thermoplastic packages for acoustic applications.
Investigating agricultural waste-reinforced polyurethane elastomer green composites
Enhancing interfacial interactions between natural filler and polymer matrix by modifying the surface of rice straw results in stronger thermoplastic polyurethane-based eco-composites.
Water uptake and its effect on biocomposites
A non-Fickian model of moisture diffusion in a hemp/polypropylene composite allows better prediction of moisture uptake and its related effect on mechanical properties.
Natural-fiber reinforced plastics for high-temperature uses
Jute-filled polypropylene composites with a heat deflection temperature above150°C and improved mechanical and flow properties were developed on a high-performance co-rotating twin-screw compounder.
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