Issue 2, 2021

Sustainable pathway towards large scale melt processing of the new generation of renewable cellulose–polyamide composites

Abstract

Modern society's growing demands for accountable high-performance and more environmentally friendly materials is leading to increased interest and fast development of sustainable polymeric composite materials. New generations of “greener” products originating from renewable resources fulfil emerging requirements of low environmental and health & safety impacts and contribute to diminishing global dependence on fossil feedstock. The preparation of sustainable polymeric composites via reliable and reproducible melt-compounding methods is still challenging but has the potential to yield applicable and market competitive products. This literature survey reviews the current state of research involving the use of cellulosic materials, as bio-sourced and sustainable reinforcement in melt-processed polyamides and focuses on the main hurdles that prevent their successful large-scale melt-compounding. Particular emphasis is dedicated to emerging bio-sourced polyamides fitting the performance of engineering materials and at the same time offering additional interesting properties for advanced applications such as piezoelectricity for transducers, sensors, actuators and energy harvesters.

Graphical abstract: Sustainable pathway towards large scale melt processing of the new generation of renewable cellulose–polyamide composites

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
19 avq 2020
Accepted
27 noy 2020
First published
24 dek 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 637-656

Sustainable pathway towards large scale melt processing of the new generation of renewable cellulose–polyamide composites

V. Sessini, B. Haseeb, A. Boldizar and G. Lo Re, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 637 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07141B

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