R Lozada Elizabeth, Gutiérrez Aguilar Carlos M, Jaramillo Carvalho Jaime A, Sánchez Juan C, Barrera Torres Giovanni
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Metropolitan Institute of Technology-ITM, Medellín 050036, Colombia.
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, SENA, Medellín 050036, Colombia.
Polymers (Basel). 2023 Jun 30;15(13):2914. doi: 10.3390/polym15132914.
In the last decade, natural fibers have had a significant impact on the research and development of innovative composites made with natural rubber, improving their properties over those of their counterparts that incorporate polluting synthetic fibers. In recent years, this fact has stimulated the research into several modified natural rubber composites reinforced with vegetable fibers. This paper reviews the scientific literature published in the last decade about the properties and characteristics of natural vegetable fibers and natural rubber used in composites. Nowadays the use of alternative materials has become necessary, considering that synthetic materials have caused irreversible damage to the environment, being associated with global warming, for this reason research and development with materials that print a lower carbon footprint during the manufacturing process and subsequent product manufacturing. This review is an invitation to the use of vegetable fibers, as well as vegetable-type matrices, in this case natural rubber as a binder system, it is fantastic to know the different works carried out by other scientists and engineers, in this way to project new compounds linked to innovation in processes that reduce the carbon footprint and its negative impact on our planet.
在过去十年中，天然纤维对以天然橡胶制成的创新复合材料的研发产生了重大影响，相较于那些包含污染性合成纤维的复合材料，天然纤维复合材料的性能得到了改善。近年来，这一事实激发了对几种用植物纤维增强的改性天然橡胶复合材料的研究。本文回顾了过去十年发表的关于复合材料中使用的天然植物纤维和天然橡胶的性能及特性的科学文献。鉴于合成材料已对环境造成不可逆转的破坏，并与全球变暖相关联，如今使用替代材料变得十分必要。因此，开展对在制造过程及后续产品生产中产生较低碳足迹的材料的研发。这篇综述旨在呼吁使用植物纤维以及植物型基体，在这种情况下以天然橡胶作为粘结剂体系。了解其他科学家和工程师所开展的不同研究成果是很棒的，通过这种方式来设计与创新工艺相关的新化合物，这些工艺能够减少碳足迹及其对我们星球的负面影响。
