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. 2020 Oct 16;13(20):4603. doi: 10.3390/ma13204603

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effect of water at the plant fiber–matrix interface. (a) Water diffusion into the composite; (b) swelling of fibers after moisture adsorption leading to microcracks within the matrix; (c) ultimate fiber–matrix debonding. Based on reference [53].