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Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report
Natural lignocellulosic fibers (NLFs) have been extensively investigated and applied as reinforcements for polymers composites owing to improved properties associated with their cost-effectiveness and their sustainable characteristics as compared to synthetic fibers. However, an intrinsic difficulty...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9415829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36015569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14163311 |
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author | de Melo, Eduarda Chiabai Rodrigues Camillo, Mayara de Oliveira Marcelino, Paulo Roberto Correia Barbosa dos Santos da Silva, Roseméri Colares Firmino, Thierry Ferreira de Oliveira, Bárbara Profeti, Demetrius Camposo Pereira, Artur Neves Monteiro, Sergio Picanço Oliveira, Michel |
author_facet | de Melo, Eduarda Chiabai Rodrigues Camillo, Mayara de Oliveira Marcelino, Paulo Roberto Correia Barbosa dos Santos da Silva, Roseméri Colares Firmino, Thierry Ferreira de Oliveira, Bárbara Profeti, Demetrius Camposo Pereira, Artur Neves Monteiro, Sergio Picanço Oliveira, Michel |
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description | Natural lignocellulosic fibers (NLFs) have been extensively investigated and applied as reinforcements for polymers composites owing to improved properties associated with their cost-effectiveness and their sustainable characteristics as compared to synthetic fibers. However, an intrinsic difficulty of the hydrophilic NFL adhesion to a hydrophobic polymer matrix is still a major limitation, which might be overcome via fiber surface treatments. Among the less-known NLFs, sponge gourd (Lufta cylindrica) is a promising reinforcement for polymer composites owing to its natural network of intertwined fibers. The present work investigated for the first time the influence of a chemical treatment using silane as a coupling agent for 30 wt.% sponge gourd incorporated into a polyester matrix composite. The novel composite performance was compared with that of an untreated fiber composite via X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Charpy impact tests, and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA). The XRD results revealed that the silanization increased the crystallinity index by 37%, which attests to the effective fiber–matrix interaction stretching of the C-H bond, as observed in its FTIR band. The silanization also increased the mean impact resistance by 10%. Although the temperatures associated with the beginning of the thermal degradation by the TGA were not affected, both the silane-treated fibers and composite displayed less thermal degradation compared with the untreated fibers. The scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) results disclosed an improved sponge gourd fiber morphology after the silanization, which caused greater adherence to the polyester matrix. These results revealed a promising novel composite compared with other NLF polymer composites in engineering applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-94158292022-08-27 Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report de Melo, Eduarda Chiabai Rodrigues Camillo, Mayara de Oliveira Marcelino, Paulo Roberto Correia Barbosa dos Santos da Silva, Roseméri Colares Firmino, Thierry Ferreira de Oliveira, Bárbara Profeti, Demetrius Camposo Pereira, Artur Neves Monteiro, Sergio Picanço Oliveira, Michel Polymers (Basel) Article Natural lignocellulosic fibers (NLFs) have been extensively investigated and applied as reinforcements for polymers composites owing to improved properties associated with their cost-effectiveness and their sustainable characteristics as compared to synthetic fibers. However, an intrinsic difficulty of the hydrophilic NFL adhesion to a hydrophobic polymer matrix is still a major limitation, which might be overcome via fiber surface treatments. Among the less-known NLFs, sponge gourd (Lufta cylindrica) is a promising reinforcement for polymer composites owing to its natural network of intertwined fibers. The present work investigated for the first time the influence of a chemical treatment using silane as a coupling agent for 30 wt.% sponge gourd incorporated into a polyester matrix composite. The novel composite performance was compared with that of an untreated fiber composite via X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Charpy impact tests, and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA). The XRD results revealed that the silanization increased the crystallinity index by 37%, which attests to the effective fiber–matrix interaction stretching of the C-H bond, as observed in its FTIR band. The silanization also increased the mean impact resistance by 10%. Although the temperatures associated with the beginning of the thermal degradation by the TGA were not affected, both the silane-treated fibers and composite displayed less thermal degradation compared with the untreated fibers. The scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) results disclosed an improved sponge gourd fiber morphology after the silanization, which caused greater adherence to the polyester matrix. These results revealed a promising novel composite compared with other NLF polymer composites in engineering applications. MDPI 2022-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9415829/ /pubmed/36015569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14163311 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article de Melo, Eduarda Chiabai Rodrigues Camillo, Mayara de Oliveira Marcelino, Paulo Roberto Correia Barbosa dos Santos da Silva, Roseméri Colares Firmino, Thierry Ferreira de Oliveira, Bárbara Profeti, Demetrius Camposo Pereira, Artur Neves Monteiro, Sergio Picanço Oliveira, Michel Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title | Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title_full | Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title_fullStr | Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title_short | Influence of Silanization Treatment of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica) Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polyester Composites: A Brief Report |
title_sort | influence of silanization treatment of sponge gourd (luffa cylindrica) fibers on the reinforcement of polyester composites: a brief report |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9415829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36015569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14163311 |
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