Bio-Based Natural Fiber Composite Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 1479
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioproducts; natural fiber composites; functional composites; biomass to carbon conversion; bio-based carbon for electrode
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is designed to update the state-of-the-art technologies regarding bio-based composite products from biomass, such as wood, agriculture stem, and other natural fibers. We are welcoming any papers related to (but not limit to) the following subjects:
- Fiber retting: Technologies to convert biomass and agricultural bast into the fibers, including the mechanical retting, bacterial retting, chemical retting, and other techniques.
- Natural fiber characterizations: The physical and mechanical properties of different natural fibers including wood, kenaf, hemp, cotton, wheat straw, bamboo, sisal, flex, and others.
- Fiber treatments: (1) To enhance the interfacial bonding of the fibers and the performance of the resulting composites; (2) to functionalize the fibers for functional composite products.
- Bio-based resin, including, tannin, protein, soy, and other plant-based adhesives, used for the bio-based composites.
- Bioproducts manufacturing: Processing techniques for both structural and non-structural natural fiber composites.
- Physical and mechanical properties, including decay resistant, biodegradability, mechanical performance, and physical performance (thermal, sound, and others) of the natural fiber composites.
- Bioproducts applications for automobile, building, transportation, aerospace, and others.
- Biomass to carbon conversion processes, biocarbon activation, as well as their applications, including water filtration and bio-electrodes.
- The life cycle analysis (LCA) of bioproducts
Prof. Dr. Sheldon Shi
Guest Editor
Dr. Xuan Wang
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- bioproducts
- natural fiber
- functional composites
- wood
- bio-based carbon
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
