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Natural fibres offer a renewable and low-cost alternative to fossil fuel derived resources, but enhancing their performance remains an ongoing technical challenge. Banana pseudo stem fibre possesses high strength and environmental benefits, making it an attractive candidate for polymer composites. The fibre comprises cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, and can be extracted using manual, mechanical, chemical, or enzymatic techniques. Surface and chemical treatments are employed to modify the fibre structure, while hybridising the material with other natural fibres, synthetic fibres, or a combination of both enhances thermal stability, reduces water absorption, and improves mechanical properties. Understanding these extraction methods, treatments, and processing parameters is essential for optimising composite manufacturing across diverse sectors such as engineering, marine construction, sports, and agriculture.
Replacing petroleum-based components with plant materials can lower the environmental impact of manufacturing. Agricultural residues such as banana pseudo stems provide a cheap, abundant, and renewable source of strong fibres. By improving processing and hybridisation techniques, industries can produce durable, eco-friendly materials that perform well in demanding structural and commercial settings.
The findings can inform material developers and manufacturers in construction, marine engineering, agriculture, and sports equipment seeking sustainable polymer composites. Because this work compiles and reviews literature on extraction methods, treatments, and characterisation rather than presenting a finished product, the commercialisation stage is early to intermediate. It provides processing insight to guide the development of viable hybrid formulations.
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The quest by researchers to improve the quality of natural fibers in a view to replacing fossil fuel and other natural resources is a major challenge over the years. Adequate understanding of the processing parameters, hybridization, and characterization can make them find wide suitability in many applications. Extensive efforts have been expended lately to make Banana Pseudo Stem (BPS) fiber find application in polymer composites, engineering, marine engineering, construction, sport and agriculture, due their high strength, low cost, renewability and environmentally friendly. To further improve thermal stability, reduce water intake and promote higher mechanical properties, BPS fiber can be hybridized with other natural fibers, synthetic fibers, and sometimes both. Extracted via manual, mechanical, chemical and enzymatic method, BPS fibers contain cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin as the main constituents in their structure, and the structure can be improved via chemical and surface treatments. This study focuses on the extensive review on extraction method, chemical composition and treatment of BPS fiber to improve the fiber quality. Processing technique of the hybrid composites, characterizations and applications are also highlighted in this review. The summary of the findings, as derived from the literature, will strengthen the insight of researchers in formulating novel products from BPS fibers.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.hybadv.2023.100101
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