Lately, researchers around the world have developed effective chemical and physical treatments on plant fibers to improve their compatibility with polymeric matrices. In addition, the need of high performance fabrics ...

Effect of plant fibers, carrageenan, and starch concentration on mechanical properties and syneresis measurements of low-calorie dairy desserts was studied simultaneously using the response surface methodology. Apple, ...

G-fibers have been widely studied in tension wood, but few studies are available on aerial and underground organs of shrub and subshrub, specially comparing those organs of the same plant. The goal of this study is to ...

The use of composite materials in construction has grown considerably in recent years, such as cementitious matrices and concrete reinforced with fibers. The vegetable fibers have become an alternative due to its abundance, ...

Since the roles of dietary fibers in preventing and treating some diseases have been well documented, the addition of purified dietary fibers to foods has become more popular. Diffe rent types of dietary fibers (soluble ...

Due to the abundance of vegetable fibers from the large variety of existing plant types, many of them have not yet been explored in terms of mechanical behavior as composite reinforcements. Most of the natural fibers ...