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3rd International
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DISCOVER NATURAL FIBRES |
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Conference Aims and Scope
Sustainable development is
increasingly becoming a priority of governments and businesses, which is
driven by growing environmental awareness. Academic research and industrial
development is broadly exploring new ways to create greener and
environmentally friendlier materials for a variety of applications in a
number of sectors, including aeronautics, automotive, and construction
industry. The “3rd International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre
Composites for Industrial Applications”, planned for October2011,
following the success of the two previous conferences held in Rome in October
2007 and April 2009, is a good opportunity to investigate the items raised
during the round table discussion which ended the last edition (interface,
compatibility, bio-resins, toughness, nanomaterials, etc.). The 3rd
Conference aims to make a concrete contribution to our society, from the
scientific community working on novel applications of natural fibres and in
the development of new “green composites” and renewable nanomaterials. The most recent trends of
research in this field aim at exploiting the principal advantages of natural
fibre reinforcements, such as lightweight, worldwide availability, ease of
recycling, sustainability, renewability, thermal and acoustic insulation,
lower manufacturing energy and carbon dioxide neutrality. These advantages of
natural fibre composites are now more easily quantified through the use of
Life Cycle Analysis methodology. This
Conference will provide a forum for discussions involving composite users,
leading suppliers, engineers, producers, environmentalists, researchers and
technicians from industry and universities to share their experience, to
present their latest results, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the
use of natural fibres, analyze the state of the art and future applications.
Another objective will be supplying common ground for future collaborations
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