Abstract
The ongoing research on towpreg-based thermoplastic composites can be broadly identified in five main segments. These segments are focusing on new reinforcing materials, reinforcement structure, interface modification, novel manufacturing techniques and on the recyclability of thermoplastic composite respectively. The research trends in the aforesaid segments of thermoplastic composites are discussed in this present chapter. At present, the vegetal fibres as composite reinforcement are gaining interest of the composite researchers and manufacturers. In order to meet the growing demand of the vegetal fibres, the fibres from various nonconventional plant sources are extracted. Vegetal fibre from various nonconventional plant sources and their extraction methodology are discussed initially in the present chapter. This discussion proceeds further with the scope of fancy yarn as thermoplastic composite reinforcement and then with the trends in composite interphase modification. Further, different techniques of 3D-printed thermoplastic composite manufacturing are summarized. Finally, different aspects and advancements in thermoplastic composite recycling are discussed in this chapter.
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