Hedieh Teymoorzadeh1, Denis Rodrigue2,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 270-277, 2014, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2014.634127
Abstract This work investigates the effect of the addition of fl ax fi ber (15, 25, and 40 wt%) on the mechanical,
morphological, rheological, and thermal properties of polylactic acid (PLA). In the fi rst step, no coupling agent
was used to produce fully biodegradable and biobased composites. In particular, fl exural tests were performed
on the composites to evaluate their mechanical properties, while density, differential scanning calorimetry
(DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and rheological tests were also carried out. Scanning electron
microscopy images (SEM) show good fl ax fi ber dispersion in the PLA matrix along with good contact between
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