TY - JOUR A1 - Saleem, Anjum A1 - Medina, Luisa A1 - Skrifvars, Mikael A1 - Berglin, Lena T1 - Hybrid Polymer Composites of Bio-Based Bast Fibers with Glass, Carbon and Basalt Fibers for Automotive Applications—A Review JF - Molecules N2 - Composites with reinforcements based on bast fibers such as flax, hemp and kenaf offer many advantages such as weight reduction, improved specific impact, flexural, acoustic properties, and balanced performance to cost that can be achieved by properly designing the material composition. Their position is well established, especially in the nonstructural automotive applications. However, in structural applications of composites, their mechanical property profile is not comparable to the dominant reinforcements such as glass and carbon fibers. The low mechanical properties of these composites could be improved by hybridization that involves adding high-performance fibers to the bast fiber composites that could improve the low mechanical performance of the bast fiber composites. The review presented in this article provides an overview of the developments in the field of hybrid polymer composites composed of bio-based bast fibers with glass, carbon, and basalt fibers. The focus areas are the composite manufacturing methods, the influence of hybridization on the mechanical properties, and the applications of hybrid composites. KW - Bast fibers KW - Basalt fibers KW - Mechanical analysis KW - Synthetic fibers KW - Carding KW - Compression molding Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25214933 SN - 1420-3049 VL - 25 SP - 1 EP - 29 ER -