Bamboo Pulp Fiber Research Articles

The Development of 14.5Tex Eri-Silk/Bamboo Fiber 65/35 Blended Yarn for Knitting

In order to develope the eri-silk/bamboo fiber blended yarn for knitting, the authors analyze the main qualities of eri-silk and bamboo pulp, explain the method of pre-processing the eri-silk stapes in detail and the spinning technique of the eri-silki staple and bamboo pulp fiber blended yarn. Various measures are taken to deal with the problems such as the smooth surface, weak cohesive force, too much yarn hairness. This kind of new yarn has a good prospect. It can further improve the technique, improve the yarn strength and production effectiveness, lower the cost and better satisfy the consumers.

Infrared Spectrum Test and Analysis of Regenerated Cellulose Fibers

In this paper, the infrared spectrum of regenerated fibers have been tested and analyzed, such as Lyocell fiber, Modal fiber, regenerated cellulose fiber and Bamboo pulp fiber. Test results shown that: Lyocell fiber, Modal fiber, Bamboo pulp fiber are similar to viscose fiber in their infrared spectrogram, but the transmittance of characteristic absorption peaks of them are different.

Test and Analysis on the Wearability of Bamboo Pulp Fabric

In order to have a better understanding the wearability of bamboo pulp fabric and enhance the research and development level of this kind of products, the fabric performances such as the strength, elongation, air permeability, moisture permeability have been test and discussed in this paper. The results shown that: the breaking strength of fabric increases when the bamboo pulp fiber content reduces; when the bamboo pulp fiber content increased, the breaking elongation, wear resistance performance, wicking performance, crease recovery performance, moisture permeability, air permeation rate and tearing strength of fabric also increased.

Research and Development of Multi-Functional Woven Fabric

The materials structures from the regenerated bamboo fiber (namely bamboo pulp fiber), the functional polyester fiber (UV-resistance polyester) and the profiled polyester were analyzed. 28 pieces of fabrics through blending, mixing and matching were designed and woven. The properties including thermal-wet comfort (such as air permeability, moisture permeability and water absorbance etc.) and other functions (such as UV-resistance and anti-bacteria) on those fabrics were tested, discussed and analyzed. The result is that when the radio of the functional polyester reach 45～50 %, the radio of regenerated bamboo fiber in 50 %, the structure is 3/1 or 2/1 twill weave，the double-layer-like tightness woven fabrics avoiding finished and bad hand feel will perform cool , UV-resistance, anti-bacteria multi-function. It will be a good choice to use these fabrics in summer shirts. It will give some references to the development of summer new functional products.

Comparative Study on Structural Performance of Several New Regenerated Cellulose Fibers

Regenerated cellulose fiber is the most widely-used and most variety of cellulose fiber. Five categories and ten kinds of fibers such as lyocell fiber, viscose fiber, modal fiber, bamboo pulp fiber, and sheng-bast fiber were chosen as the research object. The sectional shape, crystallinity and degree of polymerization of fibers were tested and analysis, to explore the nature of the reasons for the formation of fiber performance difference, and to verify through experiments.

A study of the fiber distribution in yarn cross section for vortex-spun yarn

The image-processing method, based on Photoshop software, was used to analyze the fiber distribution pattern in yarn cross section for vortex-spun yarn. Fiber packing density and fiber effective packing density, as well as the fiber migration index, were investigated to provide a better understanding of the internal structures of vortex-spun yarn. The research results indicate that the vortex-spun yarn has a lower fiber packing density value than the conventional ring-spun yarn at the yarn center and surface. For the bamboo pulp fiber/white cotton blend vortex-spun yarn, the bamboo pulp fibers are more easily distributed in the yarn core. In addition, the coarser the vortex-spun yarn, the higher the migration level of the bamboo pulp fiber tending to migrate towards the inner layer of the blend yarn.

Analysis on Mechanical Properties of Lotus Fibers

To understand the fundamental mechanical properties of lotus fiber could provide theoretical basis for developing lotus fiber fabric. This paper is focused on the mechanical properties of lotus fiber under the state of wet, dry and normal temperature, which include the single tensile properties, the repeated tensile stress properties under constant elongation, stress relaxation and creep properties, and have comparation and analysis on the cotton fiber and the viscose fiber. The conclusion shows that the lotus fiber and viscose fiber are more effect by humidity than the cotton fiber. The fibre strength of lotus fiber was the biggest than cotton fiber and viscose fiber under the normal temperature and dry state. The elongation at break of viscose fiber was the biggest than lotus fiber and cotton fiber under the state of wet, dry and normal temperature. From wet state to normal temperature state to dry state, the fiber strength of lotus fiber increase gradually, and elongation at break gradually decreased. The plastic deformation resistance ability, the stress relaxation and creep properties of bamboo pulp fiber under wet state are best, and the dry condition are the worst.

Research on Mechanical Properties of Several New Regenerated Cellulose Fibers

Regenerated cellulose fiber is the most widely-used and most variety of cellulose fiber. Five categories and ten kinds of fibers such as lyocell fiber, modal fiber, bamboo pulp fiber, sheng-bast fiber, Outlast viscose fiber were chosen as the research object. The strength property and elasticity of fibers in dry and wet state were tested and analysis. The comprehensive performances of fabrics were studied and mechanical properties of the fibers were listed in the order from good to bad by grey clustering analysis. The results show lyocell G100 and lyocell LF have better comprehensive mechanical properties ,while other new regenerated cellulose fibers’ comprehensive mechanical properties are general. Among these fibers modal fiber’s comprehensive mechanical properties are slightly better than sheng-bast fibers’ and bamboo pulp fibers’. Modal fiber, sheng-bast fiber and Bamboo pulp fiber have no significantly poor single parameter and all of them have better comprehensive mechanical properties than various viscose fibers. Outlast viscose in which has been added phase change materials sensitive to temperature by Microcapsule techniques fundamentally keeps similar comprehensive mechanical properties with other regenerated cellulose fibers,but its properties decline slightly .

Fiber Structure and Basic Properties of Bamboo Pulp

Bamboo fiber, including natural bamboo fiber and recycled bamboo fiber, is a novel textile material of great economic value. The bamboo pulp fiber has been well received, whereas the development of the natural bamboo fiber is limited. The morphological structures of longitudinal and transverse sections were observed. The mechanical performance of bamboo pulp fiber was examined and the advantages of the fabric made of bamboo pulp fiber were discussed.

Chitosan Functional Finishing of Bamboo Pulp Fiber Fabric in Aqueous Citric Acid Media

The bamboo pulp fiber fabric was treated by chitosan with low molecular weight in aqueous citric acid. The effect of citric acid concentration, chitosan concentration, treatment time and reaction temperature on anti-creasing and mechanical properties of the fabric were studied, respectively. Meanwhile, the optimal finishing condition was obtained. The anti-wrinkle and hygroscopic properties of all processed fabrics improved markedly at the optimal technology. However, the breaking strength of the fabric decreased slightly after the optimal treatment. FT-IR characterization of the treated fabric showed that the chitosan was crosslinked on the bamboo pulp fiber fabric and the ester linkage was formed between the citric acid and bamboo pulp cellulose. The antibacterial property of the chitosan treated fabric increased dramatically. The resulting bamboo pulp fiber fabric treated by chitosan is a natural ecological textile product, having the various application and more potential chemical modification.

Characterization and Physical Properties of Chitosan Modified Bamboo Pulp Fiber Fabric

With science and standard of living progressing, functional textile become more and more popular. We reported that a new bamboo pulp fiber fabric with the chitosan modification (CMBPFF) was prepared by the selective oxidation of sodium periodate and then treatment with a solution of chitosan aqueous acetic acid. The resulting CMBPFF is a nonpolluting and eco-friendly fabric product through the method of natural raw materials and no additives, which not only increase the added value of the product but also achieve natural ecological fabrics. This research using Kjeldahl nitrogen analysis showed that the maximum percentage of chitosan crosslinked on bamboo pulp fiber fabric was 10.52% (w/w). FT-IR spectra characterization suggested that the imine covalent bond between the chitosan and the oxidized bamboo pulp cellulose was formed through a series of reaction. The breaking strength of the modified fabric remained basically unchanged when the concentration of sodium periodate was less than 2.0 mg/ml. Furthermore, the chitosan modified bamboo pulp fiber fabric had the good antibacterial property. The wrinkle recovery angle and moisture regain of the chitosan modified fabric were improved. Meanwhile, a model experiment for the controlled release the drug was investigated using cactus extracts, a component of a Chinese medicine, indicated the extensive applicability of CMBPFF as a carrier for the controlled release drugs.

Anti-Ultraviolet and Anti-Bacterial Finish of Bamboo Pulp Fabric Treated by HBP-NH<sub>2</sub>

Bamboo pulp fibers, made of fast grown bamboo, were the recycled and environment-friendly natural raw materials in the textile industry which particularly today was paid more attention to its good performance due to energy and environment crisis. Hyper branched polymer was attracted more study because of the vast potential application in the future. In this study, the fabrics were modified with the amino-terminated hyper branched polymer (HBP-NH2) by dipping method and anti-UV and anti-bacterial properties of the treated bamboo pulp fabric were investigated. The results showed that the treated bamboo fabric had good antibacterial properties, the bacteria reduction of S.aureus and E.coli were as high as 89% or more, and also remained at around 88% after 20 times washing. The UPF values were increased from 8.16 to 18.18 which improved the anti-UV property of bamboo fabric.

Reinforcing and Toughening Effects of Bamboo Pulp Fiber on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Fiber Composites

In this work, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/bamboo pulp fiber composites were melt-compounded and injection-molded. Tensile, impact and dynamic mechanical properties of the composites were studied. In contrast to many other short natural fiber reinforced biocomposites which demonstrate decreased strain-at-break, impact toughness and tensile strength, the PHBV/bamboo pulp fiber composites displayed increased tensile strength and impact toughness, and maintained/increased strain-at-break. Microscopic study of the fracture surfaces revealed extensive fiber pullout in both tensile and impact tests. The fiber pullout suggests insufficient interfacial adhesion between the fiber and the matrix. The pullout process in the impact testing dissipated a significant amount of energy and hence substantially improved the impact toughness of the composites. With the improved interfacial adhesion provided by coupling agent polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate (pMDI), the strength and modulus of the composites were further increased. However, the toughness was decreased due to the inhibition of the fiber pullout. An acoustic emission test revealed a significantly different process of structural change for the composites with/without pMDI during tension test.

Synthesis of SiC ceramics from processed cellulosic bio-precursor

Synthesis of SiC ceramic from processed cellulosic bio-precursor was investigated. Bamboo ( Bambusa tulda Roxb.) plants abundantly available in the Jorhat district of Assam, India, were selected for extraction of fibers following Kraft pulping method and bleached bamboo pulp fibers were suitably cast in the form of rectangular boards. Coir fibers available in the Alleppy district of Kerala, India, were initially digested with dilute alkali, mixed with cellulose acetate solution, air dried and then hot-pressed at 140 ± 5 °C under 2.0–2.5 MPa pressure to make rectangular boards. Well-characterized processed bio-precursors were pyrolysed at ∼800 °C under flowing N 2 atmosphere to prepare the bio-carbonaceous preforms (carbon templates) which showed nearly uniform shrinkages in all directions. Coir fiber composite board carbon showed lower pyrolytic weight loss (∼66%), higher density (0.49 g cm −3), lower porosity (∼58%) and narrower pore diameter (10 μm) compared to the cast bamboo pulp fiber board carbon. The carbon samples showed perfect retention of fibrous morphological features of hierarchically grown bio-structures. Ceramization of carbon templates could be done by reactive melt silicon infiltration into porous channels at ∼1600 °C under vacuum. The final ceramics were adequately dense (%theoretical density > 99%), showed negligible linear dimensional changes (indicating net-dimension formation capability), presence of crystalline Si and SiC phases and duplex microstructure with complete preservation of fibrous architecture of plant bio-structure. The Si/SiC ceramic composite synthesized from coir fiber board gave room temperature 3-point flexural strength and Young's modulus values of 121 MPa and 276 GPa, respectively. Both the ceramic composites showed adequate oxidation resistance during heating at 1300 °C for 7 h in air.

Study of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/Bamboo Pulp Fiber Composites: Effects of Nucleation Agent and Compatibilizer

In this study, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/bamboo pulp fiber (BPF) composites were prepared by melt compounding and injection molding. The crystallization ability, tensile strength and modulus, flexural strength and modulus, and impact strength were found substantially increased by the addition of BPF. Tensile and flexural elongations were also moderately increased at low fiber contents (<20%). BPF demonstrated not only higher strength and modulus, but also higher failure strain than the PHBV8 matrix. Boron nitride (BN) was also investigated as a nucleation agent for PHBV8 and maleic anhydride grafted PHBV8 (MA-PHBV8) as a compatibilizer for the composite system. BN was found to increase the overall properties of the neat polymer and the composites due to refined crystalline structures. MA-PHBV8 improved polymer/fiber interactions and therefore resulted in increased strength and modulus. However, the toughness of the composites was substantially reduced due to the hindrance to fiber pullout, a major energy dissipation source during the composite deformation.

A morphological study on the behavior of bamboo pulp fibers in the beating process

Bamboo pulp fibers respond to beating more rapidly than do wood fibers. This is probably due to the difference in secondary wall structure between the fibers. In the present paper, the behavior on beating of pulp fibers from Bambusa polymorpha Munro was investigated from a morphological point of view. The secondary wall of bamboo fibers consists of alternately arranged broad and narrow layers. During the beating process, a number of transverse and concentric cracks are generated in the broad layers, which causes an internal fibrillation. The outer broad layers with their numerous cracks separate from the inner layers and swell highly toward the outside. The outer secondary wall layer of bamboo fibers has a microfibril angle of about 20° with respect to the fiber axis which is much smaller than that of the S1 layer of wood fibers. As a result this layer appears to offer little resistance to prevent the external swelling of the broad layers.