Abstract
The use of composite materials has seen many new innovations for a large variety of applications. The area of reinforcement in composites is also rapidly evolving with many new discoveries, including the use of hybrid fibers, sustainable materials, and nanocellulose. In this review, studies on hybrid fiber reinforcement, the use of nanocellulose, the use of nanocellulose in hybrid forms, the use of nanocellulose with other nanomaterials, the applications of these materials, and finally, the challenges and opportunities (including safety issues) of their use are thoroughly discussed. This review will point out new prospects for the composite materials world, enabling the use of nano- and micron-sized materials together and creating value-added products at the industrial scale. Furthermore, the use of hybrid structures consisting of two different nano-materials creates many novel solutions for applications in electronics and sensors.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 984 |
Journal | Polymers |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2023 |
Funding
Authors from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office, under contract DEAC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle LLC. ORNL authors also like to thank the staff of Manufacturing Science Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for their invaluable help. Authors from University of Maine are grateful for the funding support from UTBattelle LLC with the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DEAC05-00OR22725 (subcontract # 4000174848). This manuscript has been authored in part by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan (accessed on 20 December 2022)). Author from Ege University is supported by TUBİTAK 2214-A.
Keywords
- hybrid
- nanocomposites
- natural fibers