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Green Composites
from Functionalized
Renewable
Cellulosic Fibers
Vijay K.Thakur, Manju K.Thakur, and Raju K.Gupta
14.1 INTRODUCTION
During the last few years, major improvements in eco-friendly green composites in
material application have been achieved by using composite materials made with bio-
mass from natural resources as reinforcement (Auras et al. 2004; Chao-Lung et al.
2011; Debapriya and Basudam 2004; Garlotta 2002; Hagstrand and Oksman 2001).
Reinforcement of plastics by biomass-based materials such as natural bers began
with cellulose ber in the early eighteenth century and was later further developed
(Favaro et al. 2010; Singha ...