Natural fiber reinforced conductive polymer composites as functional materials: A review

摘要: Abstract Recent progress in the field of intrinsically conductive polymers (ICPs) as well polymer composites (CPCs) filled with natural fibers is reviewed here systematically. The possibilities utilizing fillers for ICPs CPCs to form fibers-conducting composite materials have wide potentials modern industries. unique characteristics such electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, biodegradability and recyclability enabled them be implemented many novel exciting applications including antennas, chemical sensors, tissue engineering, neural probes, biosensors, drug delivery, bio-actuators, fuel cells etc. effects fiber contents, size, treatment, temperature moisture content on dielectric properties were reviewed. On other hand, it was reported that relatively short could modify response polymeric matrix, but treatment had negative decrease loss factor.