Abstract There is a rising demand for advanced new materials in food packaging to meet the growing economic and sustainability requirements. Natural fibers have excellent mechanical thermal isolation properties lower production costs than synthetic fibers, making them suitable candidates development of sustainable packaging. Other characteristics natural i.e., low cost, easy availability, impac...

Soil salinity is a serious threat to agriculture, because it compromises biomass production and plant productivity, by negatively affecting the vegetative growth and development of plants. Fiber crops like textile hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) are important natural resources that provide, sustainably, both cellulosic and woody fibers for industry. In this work, the response to salinity (200 mM NaCl...

Applications of hemp fibers, as a promising natural material in the textile field, mostly require improved fiber properties. In this paper, oxidation fibers with potassium permanganate was applied to reduce amount non-cellulosic substances and moisture sorption; introduce functional groups increase capillarity; make finer, softer suitable for application sport wears. The changes sorption proper...

A new class of biobased composites with tailorable mechanical properties made natural fibers, polylactic acid, and ferulic acid derivatives (FAD) is studied. FAD was used to develop elastomeric like improved elongation at break highly reversible deformation upon elongation. Composites were prepared using raw enzymatically treated hemp fibers. The fibers defibrillated due the enzymatic treatment...

After having abolished the prohibition of the cultivation of the species Cannabis sativa L. (so-called fibre hemp) with minor content of the psychoactive Δ-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a wide variety of hemp food products is currently offered on the market. In this review, an introduction to the botany of the hemp plant and the current law situation in Germany and the European Union is presented...