are 100% green composites and green thermoplastics the new materials for the future100%绿色复合材料和绿色热塑性塑料新材料的未来.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Polymer Science Volume 2012, Article ID 280181, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/280181 Research Article Are 100% Green Composites and Green Thermoplastics the New Materials for the Future? Jean Marc Saiter,1 Larisa Dobircau,1 and Nathalie Leblanc1, 2 1AMME International Laboratory, LECAP EA4528, Institut des Materiaux, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Rouen, BP12, ´ ´ ´ 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France 2 LGMA, Esitpa, 76130 Mont Saint Aignan, France Correspondence should be addressed to Jean Marc Saiter, jean-marc.saiter@univ-rouen.fr Received 29 August 2011; Accepted 31 October 2011 Academic Editor: Chantara Thevy Ratnam Copyright © 2012 Jean Marc Saiter 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. A review of the history of the evolution of material science and material technology shows us that one tendency for the future could be the use of agriculture resources. In this work, we review the performances of one of these resources, that is, wheat flour. We show that it is possible to get thermoplastic films with properties quasiequivalent to what is obtained for expensive pure starch. By adding natural fibres, composites are also obtained. These composites exhibit performances which allow their use only for short duration. 1. Introduction bags even if these plastic bags are often in polyethylene which