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Cover Image, Volume 131, Issue 12
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.40545
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , polymer science , materials science , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering
The high generation rate of plastic packaging disposal, compared to the material recycling rate, highlights the need for applications of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). This has attracted interest in the use of renewable raw materials, such as sisal fibers and plasticizers like tributyl citrate. In this study, Rachel Passos de Oliveira Santos et al. prepare bio‐based composites from recycled PET and sisal fibers via a thermopressing process. These materials have potential application in nonstructural parts of automotive vehicles and civil construction, among other possibilities. The cover shows a scanning electron microscopy of sisal fibers used in this study. DOI: 10.1002/app.40386