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A novel strategy for the preparation of bamboo fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

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In this paper, a novel strategy was used to prepare the bamboo fiber (BF)/polypropylene (PP) composites which greatly improved the distribution of BF. Both the raw and alkali treated BF were utilized for the fabrication of composites and silane coupling agent was used to improve the adhesion of BF and PP. The effects of BF content and the alkali treatment of BF on mechanical, thermal, morphological, dynamic mechanical properties and water absorption were studied. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis indicated that the hydrophilic nature of raw BF was significantly reduced by alkali treatment. In addition, the mechanical properties and the water absorption of the composites were found to increase with the increment of BF loading. Most importantly, the mechanical properties of the alkali treated BF showed much higher values than that of raw BF while the water absorption of alkali treated BF was much lower than that of raw BF. The results indicated the interaction of fiber-matrix was greatly improved by the alkali treatment. Moreover, from the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images, it further proved that the distribution of BF was improved by the way of papermaking to premix BF and PP fiber. The Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMA) results showed that the storage modulus of the composites was increased with further increase in BF content.

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Wang, C., Ying, S. A novel strategy for the preparation of bamboo fiber reinforced polypropylene composites. Fibers Polym 15, 117–125 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-014-0117-z

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