Self-cleaning and hydrophobic pineapple peel fibre based biocomposite

• Main Authors: Ali, Roshafima Rasit, Mohd. Raffae, Solehah, Che Jusoh, Nurfatehah Wahyuny, Kaur, J., Ibrahim, Norazana, Md. Kasmani, Rafiziana, Hasbullah, Hasrinah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/92124/1/RoshafimaRasitAli2020_SelfCleaningandHydrophobicPineapplePeelFibre.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/92124/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1447/1/012038

Biocomposite has been widely used as plastics replacement for its biodegradability. However, the water absorptivity defeats its purpose as food packaging. The water absorption analysis for pineapple peel fiber (PAPF) was done according to ASTM D570-98 and it has been proven that the water content in...