NANO-BIO COMPOSITE INCLUDING NATURAL FIBER REINFORCEMENT COATED WITH CARBON NANOMATERIAL AND POLYMER

• Main Authors: JEONG NAM JO, SIM I NA, YOU YOUN JONG, KIM HEE YEON, KALAITZIDOU KYRIAKI, HAN SEONG OK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.09.2013
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nano-bio composite that includes a natural fiber reinforcement coated with a carbon nanomaterial and a polymer.SOLUTION: A nano-bio composite includes a natural fiber reinforcement coated with a carbon nanomaterial and a polymer, wherein the flexural strength, flexural modulus and storage modulus are greatly improved by the synergistic effect of the natural fiber reinforcement and the carbon nanomaterial.