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Bamboo and glass, aramid, and carbon bidirectional fabrics were used with a bi-component epoxy matrix to fabricate the composite materials using the vacuum bagging process. The synthetic fabrics were placed on the outer layers, while the bamboo fabrics were used as the core of the hybrid composites. The developed composites were characterized and compared in terms of morphological, physical, and mechanical properties. Further, thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis was used to measure and compare the degradation temperature of the composites studied. Finally, a Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was performed in order to examine the fracture surfaces of the specimens tested. It was found that the fibre hybridization technique significantly improved the general mechanical properties. TGA analysis showed an increase in the thermal stability of the composites obtained by incorporating the synthetic fibres, confirming the effect of hybridization and efficient fibre matrix interfacial adhesion. The results from this work showed that the use of synthetic fibre reinforcements can help to significantly improve the mechanical and thermal properties of bamboo fibre-reinforced composites.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma17081777","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,12]],"date-time":"2024-04-12T04:44:26Z","timestamp":1712897066000},"page":"1777","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Bamboo and Interlaminar Hybrid Bamboo\/Synthetic Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-1829-7615","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matilde","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"DEMaC\u2014Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Vitor","family":"Neves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NewStamp\u2014Estampagem de Componentes Metalicos, Lda., Rua da Paz, n\u00ba 113-115, Cacia, 3800-587 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8378-2292","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mariana D.","family":"Banea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICECO\u2014Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"98","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compositesa.2015.08.038","article-title":"A review of recent developments in natural fibre composites and their mechanical performance","volume":"83","author":"Pickering","year":"2016","journal-title":"Compos. 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