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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Polymer Science Volume 2011, Article ID 964193, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2011/964193 Research Article A Study of Nanoclay Reinforcement of Biocomposites Made by Liquid Composite Molding Farida Bensadoun,1 Nadir Kchit,1 Catherine Billotte,1 Simon Bickerton,2 Franc¸ois Trochu,1 and Edu Ruiz1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chair on Composites of High Performance (CCHP), Research Centre on Plastics and Composites (CREPEC), Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3A7 ´ 2 Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, Department of Engineering, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Correspondence should be addressed to Edu Ruiz, edu.ruiz@polymtl.ca Received 1 March 2011; Accepted 3 May 2011 Academic Editor: Susheel Kalia Copyright © 2011 Farida Bensadoun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Liquid composite molding (LCM) processes are widely used to manufacture composite parts for the automotive industry. An appropriate selection of the materials and proper optimization of the manufacturing parameters are keys to produce parts with improved mechanical properties. This paper reports on a study of biobased composites reinforced with nanoclay particles. A soy-based unsaturated polyester resin was used as synthetic matrix, and glass and flax fiber fabrics were used as reinforcement. This paper aims to improve mechanical and flammability properties of