Optimizing Interfacial Adhesion in Wood-Polymer Composites

3 Optimizing Interfacial Adhesion in Wood-Polymer Composites 

Optimization of interfacial adhesion in the development of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites has been the subject of extensive research of the past two decades. Many techniques have been developed and tested and the principal aim of various modification strategies has been to reduce the fiber-fiber interaction through aiding improved wetting and dispersion, as well as improving interfacial adhesion and the resulting stress transfer efficiency from the matrix to the fiber. 

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