Manju Kumari Thakur
Himachal Pradesh University
76 Papers
399 Citations
Manju Kumari Thakur is an academic researcher from Himachal Pradesh University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polymer & Cellulose. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 72 publications.
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Papers
Green Composites from Natural Fibers: Mechanical and Chemical Aging Properties
TL;DR: In this article, the authors deal with long fiber-reinforced green polymer composites fabricated using the compression molding technique and show that a fiber content of 30-wt.% was found to exhibit optimum mechanical properties.
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Biopolymers Based Green Composites: Mechanical, Thermal and Physico-chemical Characterization
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of fiber loading on mechanical properties like tensile strength, flexural strength, compressive strength and wear resistances has also been determined, which indicates that green composites can be successfully fabricated with useful mechanical properties.
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Graft Copolymers from Natural Polymers Using Free Radical Polymerization
TL;DR: In this article, the surface modification of natural cellulosic polymers to develop novel materials for different applications was dealt with, where different reaction parameters were optimized to achieve the highest percentage of grafting for natural cellulose-graft poly (methyl acrylate) copolymers.
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Graft Copolymerization of Methyl Acrylate onto Cellulosic Biofibers: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
TL;DR: In this article, graft copolymerization of cellulosic biopolymers with synthetic polymers is of enormous interest because of its application in biofiltration, biosorption, biomedical, biocomposites and various other eco-friendly materials.
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Metal–Organic Framework-Based Materials for Wastewater Treatment: Superior Adsorbent Materials for the Removal of Hazardous Pollutants
Harjot Kaur,Nishu Devi,Samarjeet Siwal,Walaa F. Alsanie,Manju Kumari Thakur,Vijay Kumar Thakur +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors focused on the synthesis process (such as traditional, electrochemical, microwave, sonochemical, mechanochemical, and continuous flow spray-drying method) of MOF materials and compared the performances of some typical MOFs-based materials with those of other commonly used materials.
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