Characterization of surface modified flax fibers and their biocomposites with PHB
- Authors
- Lee, SG; Choi, SS; Park, WH; Cho, DW
- Issue Date
- Jul-2003
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Keywords
- composites; fibers
- Citation
- MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA, v.197, pp 89 - 99
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA
- Volume
- 197
- Start Page
- 89
- End Page
- 99
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kumoh/handle/2020.sw.kumoh/26749
- DOI
- 10.1002/masy.200350709
- ISSN
- 1022-1360
1521-3900
- Abstract
- Flax fiber was treated with acetic anhydride or with ethylene plasma to improve adhesion with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). The flax fiber surface became hydrophobic by the surface treatments. The ethylene plasma treated flax fiber has better thermal resistance and shows higher interfacial adhesion strength in flax/PHB biocomposite than the chemically modified flax fiber with acetic anhydride. Optimum conditions of the ethylene plasma treatment were found to be 0.5 cm(3)/sec of the ethylene flow rate and 50 W of the plasma power with 5 min of the treatment time.
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