Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste
Using natural fibers and natural fillers as composite reinforcing materials has received great attention due to its potential to improve mechanical, thermal, biodegradable, and tribological properties while promoting sustainability. The present paper investigated unidirectional ramie fiber-reinforce...
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| description | Using natural fibers and natural fillers as composite reinforcing materials has received great attention due to its potential to improve mechanical, thermal, biodegradable, and tribological properties while promoting sustainability. The present paper investigated unidirectional ramie fiber-reinforced polyester composites treated with alkali and oxalic acid and incorporating cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) to assess their performance. Hybrid composites were created by adding 0.5, 0.75, and 1 wt% CNCs to polyester/ramie composites using the vacuum infusion technique. Mechanical and thermal tests and morphological examination were carried out to assess the influence of CNCs content on the composite properties. The results demonstrated that the presence of CNCs notably improved the mechanical performances of the polyester/ramie fiber composites. The optimal CNCs loading was attained at 0.75 wt% where the tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, interlaminar shear strength, and impact strength of the polyester/ramie fiber composites were enhanced by 27.23, 33.12, 39.41, 84.56, 31.91, and 49.53%, respectively. This was confirmed by FE-SEM observations of hybrid composites, which showed good interfacial adhesion between ramie fiber and polyester/CNCs matrix. The addition of CNCs was found not to affect the thermal characteristics of the hybrid composites. Overall, polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites containing CNCs provided great potential for structural applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0a343f39d2f448bae21b5e945c50aba2025-01-19T06:25:40ZengElsevierJournal of Materials Research and Technology2238-78542025-01-013412011212Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel wasteHenny Pratiwi0 Kusmono1Muhammad Waziz Wildan2Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Jl. Colombo No. 1, Yogyakarta, 55281, IndonesiaDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Corresponding author.Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2, Yogyakarta, 55281, IndonesiaUsing natural fibers and natural fillers as composite reinforcing materials has received great attention due to its potential to improve mechanical, thermal, biodegradable, and tribological properties while promoting sustainability. The present paper investigated unidirectional ramie fiber-reinforced polyester composites treated with alkali and oxalic acid and incorporating cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) to assess their performance. Hybrid composites were created by adding 0.5, 0.75, and 1 wt% CNCs to polyester/ramie composites using the vacuum infusion technique. Mechanical and thermal tests and morphological examination were carried out to assess the influence of CNCs content on the composite properties. The results demonstrated that the presence of CNCs notably improved the mechanical performances of the polyester/ramie fiber composites. The optimal CNCs loading was attained at 0.75 wt% where the tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, interlaminar shear strength, and impact strength of the polyester/ramie fiber composites were enhanced by 27.23, 33.12, 39.41, 84.56, 31.91, and 49.53%, respectively. This was confirmed by FE-SEM observations of hybrid composites, which showed good interfacial adhesion between ramie fiber and polyester/CNCs matrix. The addition of CNCs was found not to affect the thermal characteristics of the hybrid composites. Overall, polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites containing CNCs provided great potential for structural applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785424029624Cellulose nanocrystalsRamie fiberPolyesterHybrid compositeVacuum infusion |
| spellingShingle | Henny Pratiwi Kusmono Muhammad Waziz Wildan Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste Journal of Materials Research and Technology Cellulose nanocrystals Ramie fiber Polyester Hybrid composite Vacuum infusion |
| title | Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| title_full | Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| title_fullStr | Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| title_short | Development and characterization of polyester/ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| title_sort | development and characterization of polyester ramie fiber hybrid composites reinforced with crystalline nanocellulose extracted from durian peel waste |
| topic | Cellulose nanocrystals Ramie fiber Polyester Hybrid composite Vacuum infusion |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785424029624 |
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