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@inproceedings{Fortea-Verdejo:2016,
author = {Fortea-Verdejo, M and Lee, KY and Bismarck, A},
title = {Bacterial cellulose as reinforcement for natural fibre thermoset composites},
year = {2016}
}
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TY - CPAPER
AB - © 2016, European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM. All rights reserved.It has been previously shown that the introduction of nanocellulose as binder for natural fibre thermoplastic and thermoset composites can enhance the mechanical properties of natural fibre composites. We aim to investigate the effect that bacterial cellulose (BC) has as binder, when introduced in different thermoset-flax fibre composites. Two matrices were investigated, epoxy and phenolic resins. To introduce the bacterial cellulose into the composites, a preform using BC as binder for loose flax fibres was manufactured. The preform was then infused with the thermosetting resins and cured. The resins penetrated the preforms during infusion, however, no significant improvement of the tensile properties could be seen when introducing BC for neither of the resins.
AU - Fortea-Verdejo,M
AU - Lee,KY
AU - Bismarck,A
PY - 2016///
TI - Bacterial cellulose as reinforcement for natural fibre thermoset composites
ER -
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