Agricultural Waste-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Preparation and Characterization
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2025) | Viewed by 382
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer nanocmposites; hybrid fiber composites; flammability studies of polymer composites; conductive nanocomposites; agro wastes hybrid composites
Interests: polymer (nano)composites; electrospun nanofibers; biomass composites; nanostructured materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural waste residues are generally regarded as a significant environmental burden globally. With the rapid growth of the global population, there is a need to utilize agro-waste, such as maize stalk, sugarcane bagasse, rice husks, and wheat husks, as reinforcing fillers to enhance the properties of polymers.
This Special Issue discusses the development of green composites made from agro-waste biomass and polymers and their various applications, requiring the examination of properties via morphological, mechanical, flammability, thermal, rheological, and dynamic mechanical analyses.
We look forward to receiving your research contributions on this topic.
Prof. Dr. Jonas Mochane
Dr. Teboho Clement Mokhena
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agro-waste
- composite
- circular economy
- preparation
- characterization
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