ABSTRACT
It is no secret that the environmental issues are one of the main reasons for developing the bio-composites. These composites can be categorized according to the extraction sources. One of the major groups of bio-reinforcements for fabricating polymeric composites, especially epoxy families, can be leaf fibers. The sisal, henequen, abaca, banana, and pineapple are famous leaf fiber sources, which have been developed for reinforcing epoxy polymers. Moringa oleifera, Phormium tenax, Arundo donax L. and screw-pine are the unknown leaf fibers, which have been introduced by researchers, in the past years. To reinforce the epoxy polymers for using as secondary, tertiary or in some cases primary applications, knowing the mechanical and thermal features of these bio-composites is inevitable. In this regard, the aim of this chapter is to review the leaf-based epoxy bio-composites for their mechanical and thermal properties, along with comparative overview of their properties. In addition, some famous and unknown leaf-based epoxy composites are described in this chapter.
