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Sustainable Biocomposites from Pyrolyzed Grass and Toughened Polypropylene: Structure−Property Relationships Ehsan Behazin,†,‡ Manjusri Misra,*,†,‡ and Amar K. Mohanty*,†,‡ †
School of Engineering, Thornbrough Building, ‡Bioproducts Discovery & Development Centre, Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: A novel class of injection-molded, toughened biocomposites was engineered from pyrolyzed miscanthusbased biocarbon, poly(octene ethylene) elastomer, and polypropylene (PP). The elastomer and biocarbon were added to the PP matrix at 30 and 20 wt %, respectively. The particle size of the biocarbon varied within two main ranges:
