%0 Book Section %T Surface treatments in fiber-reinforced composites (Chap.3) %+ Polymères Composites et Hybrides (PCH - IMT Mines Alès) %A Bergeret, Anne %@ 978-0-12-821090-1 %B Fiber Reinforced Composites. %I Elsevier %P 47-81 %8 2021 %D 2021 %R 10.1016/B978-0-12-821090-1.00020-X %K Glass fiber %K Carbon fiber %K Plant fiber %K Sizing Fiber/matrix interface %K Composite %Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/MaterialsBook sections %X The properties of fiber reinforced polymer composites depend on those of the individual components but also of the characteristics of the fiber/matrix interface. To ensure appropriate interfacial interactions, fiber surface must be modified accordingly. Fibers strength has to be maintained during their handling and the composite manufacturing and in-service life so that the development of appropriate surface treatments, so called sizings, is a delicate issue. Traditional reinforcements, e.g. glass and carbon fibers, as well as plant fibers will be considered in this chapter, these latter imparting the composite certain benefits such as a low environmental footprint. After a presentation of each fiber manufacturing, a review of the literature relating sizings with the formation of fiber/matrix interphase and the closely connected phenomenon of interface adhesion is presented for each reinforcement. %G English %L hal-03186834 %U https://imt-mines-ales.hal.science/hal-03186834 %~ INSTITUT-TELECOM %~ EM-ALES %~ INSTITUTS-TELECOM