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Xu Y, Guo P, Zhang H, Ren M, Lyu M. Effect of Janus Nanosheets in Polypropylene on Rheological Properties and Autoclave Foam Performance. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3433. [PMID: 37631491 PMCID: PMC10458347 DOI: 10.3390/polym15163433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Our experiment revealed that the addition of Janus nanosheets to polypropylene (PP) has a significant impact on the viscoelasticity of the composite system. Specifically, when 0.10 wt% of Janus nanosheets were added, the complex viscosity of the composite system increased. However, when we added less than 0.05 wt% of Janus nanosheets, there was a reduction in complex viscosity, which is known as the non-Einstein phenomenon. The Cole-Cole plot showed that the nanosheet network structure did not have a significant effect on the viscosity of the composite system. Additionally, we used carbon dioxide as a foaming agent to autoclave foaming using modified PP from Janus nanosheets, and the results demonstrated that increasing the number of Janus nanosheets decreased the apparent density and strengthened the cell structure of foaming beads, resulting in improved closed porosity.
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- SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Beijing 100013, China; (Y.X.); (P.G.); (H.Z.); (M.R.)
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Beverte I, Cabulis U, Andersons J, Kirpluks M, Skruls V, Cabulis P. Anisotropy and Mechanical Properties of Nanoclay Filled, Medium-Density Rigid Polyurethane Foams Produced in a Sealed Mold, from Renewable Resources. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15112582. [PMID: 37299380 DOI: 10.3390/polym15112582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Medium-density rigid polyurethane (PU) foams are often produced in sealed molds; therefore, the processes inside the mold and structure of the produced foam blocks need to be understood. The structural and mechanical anisotropy is shown to be the third variable along with (1) concentration of the nanoclay filler and (2) density, to determine the mechanical properties of the filled PU foam composites produced in a sealed mold. The varying anisotropy of the specimens hinders the accurate evaluation of the filling effect. The methodology for the estimation of the anisotropy characteristics of specimens from different locations within the nanoclay filled PU foam blocks is elaborated. A criterion, based on analysis of Poisson's ratios, is formulated for the selection of specimens with similar anisotropy characteristics. The shear and bulk moduli are estimated theoretically, dependent on the filler's concentration, using the experimentally determined constants.
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- Ilze Beverte
- Institute for Mechanics of Materials, University of Latvia, 3 Jelgavas St., LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 27 Dzerbenes St., LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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- Institute for Mechanics of Materials, University of Latvia, 3 Jelgavas St., LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 27 Dzerbenes St., LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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- Institute for Mechanics of Materials, University of Latvia, 3 Jelgavas St., LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 27 Dzerbenes St., LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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Diaz TJ, Cerrutti P, Chiacchiarelli LM. In‐situ thermal aging of biobased and conventional rigid polyurethane foams nanostructured with bacterial nanocellulose. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tomás Joaquin Diaz
- CONICET‐UBA Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN) Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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- CONICET‐UBA Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN) Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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Dzulkifli MH, Yahya MY, Majid RA. Fire retardancy, thermal, and physico-mechanical properties of semi-rigid water-blown polyurethane foam from palm oil-based polyol. CELLULAR POLYMERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/02624893211061633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This paper presents the experimental work undertaken to assess rigid palm oil-based polyurethane (PU) foam. The bio-composite foam was characterized to determine its foaming kinetics and morphology, as well as fire retardancy, thermal, and mechanical responses, which was later compared with its petrochemical-based counterpart. The palm oil-based foam displayed poor fire-retardancy performance based on Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI) and UL-94 Vertical Combustion Test. Although less char residue was produced, the palm oil-based PU foam exhibited higher onset degradation temperatures, indicating improved thermal stability. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) revealed finer cell sizes for the bio-based foam and a higher fraction of open cell structures, which affected its density and compressive properties. As a conclusion, the palm oil-based PU foam is a viable alternative to be utilized in low load-bearing and thermal environment applications.
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- Mohd Haziq Dzulkifli
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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Benavides S, Armanasco F, Cerrutti P, Chiacchiarelli LM. Nanostructured rigid polyurethane foams with improved specific thermo‐mechanical properties using bacterial nanocellulose as a hard segment. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Sofía Benavides
- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET‐UBA Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET‐UBA Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería UBA Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET‐UBA Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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Pan J, Zhang D, Wu M, Ruan S, Castro JM, Lee LJ, Chen F. Impacts of Carbonaceous Particulates on Extrudate Semicrystalline Polyethylene Terephthalate Foams: Nonisothermal Crystallization, Rheology, and Infrared Attenuation Studies. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Junjie Pan
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
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- Department of Integrated Systems and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P.R.China
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- Department of Integrated Systems and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 Ohio, United States
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R.China
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Reinforcement Efficiency of Cellulose Microfibers for the Tensile Stiffness and Strength of Rigid Low-Density Polyurethane Foams. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13122725. [PMID: 32549317 PMCID: PMC7344464 DOI: 10.3390/ma13122725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rigid low-density closed-cell polyurethane (PU) foams are widely used in both thermal insulation and structural applications. The sustainability of PU foam production can be increased by using bio-based components and fillers that ensure both enhanced mechanical properties and higher renewable material content. Such bio-based foams were produced using polyols derived from rapeseed oil and microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) fibers as filler. The effect of MCC fiber loading of up to 10 wt % on the morphology, tensile stiffness, and strength of foams has been evaluated. For estimation of the mechanical reinforcement efficiency of foams, a model allowing for the partial alignment of filler fibers in foam struts was developed and validated against test results. It is shown that although applying MCC fibers leads to modest gains in the mechanical properties of PU foams compared with cellulose nanocrystal reinforcement, it may provide a higher content of renewable material in the foams.
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Bhinder J, Agnihotri PK. Effect of carbon nanotube doping on the energy dissipation and rate dependent deformation behavior of polyurethane foams. J CELL PLAST 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0021955x20917280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An experimental investigation is performed to characterize the effect of carbon nanotubes on the average mechanical properties of polyurethane foams. Polyurethane foams are doped with as-grown and oxidized carbon nanotubes at varying carbon nanotube concentrations. It is observed that the inclusion of carbon nanotubes up to a threshold concentration decreases the density of freely expanding polyurethane foams. Uniaxial and cyclic compression testing of foam samples is carried out to study their energy dissipation and rate dependent deformation behavior. While energy dissipation is observed to be higher in neat polyurethane foams, carbon nanotube reinforced foams show better recovery when compressed beyond elastic limit due to their stiffer foam cell walls. It is shown that incorporation of oxidized carbon nanotubes should be preferred over as grown carbon nanotubes to improve flexural, thermal and acoustic response of polyurethane foams. Scanning electron microscopy analysis of compressed samples reveals that cell shearing; cell bending and fracture at nodes are the predominant mode of deformation in all foam samples.
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- Jasdeep Bhinder
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Advanced Material Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Rupnagar, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Advanced Material Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Rupnagar, India
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Effect of Porosity Gradient on Mechanical Properties of Cellular Nano-Composites. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12030681. [PMID: 32204365 PMCID: PMC7183266 DOI: 10.3390/polym12030681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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With their hierarchical architectures incorporating gradients in composition, porosity, and orientation, natural materials have evolved optimized balance of mechanical properties. Deciphered from the structure of bamboo, we prepared cellular solids with convex and/or concave porosity gradient and investigated their static mechanical and impact properties. Non-monotonous porosity dependences of tensile, crush, and impact strength were related to the shape of porosity gradient rather than to the properties of the wall material alone. Our results provide experimental evidence, that novel mechanically robust low density additively fabricated cellular nano-composites with convex porosity gradient satisfy the structural requirements of lightweight engineering parts. Moreover, novel functions, such as reduced flammability or electrical conductivity, can easily be introduced by selecting the type and spatial organization of nanoparticles and cellular structure of the cellular micro-particles (CMPs).
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Bethke C, Goedderz D, Weber L, Standau T, Döring M, Altstädt V. Improving the flame‐retardant property of bottle‐grade PET foam made by reactive foam extrusion. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.49042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Christian Bethke
- Department of Polymer EngineeringUniversity of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF Darmstadt Germany
- Ernst‐Berl Institute for Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF Darmstadt Germany
- Ernst‐Berl Institute for Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
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- Department of Polymer EngineeringUniversity of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF Darmstadt Germany
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- Department of Polymer EngineeringUniversity of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
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Chiacchiarelli LM, Cerrutti P, Flores‐Johnson EA. Compressive behavior of rigid polyurethane foams nanostructured with bacterial nanocellulose at low and intermediate strain rates. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Leonel Matías Chiacchiarelli
- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN)CONICET‐UBA, Avda. Gral. Las Heras 2214 Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería MecánicaInstituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Avenue E. Madero 399 Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de IngenieríaUniversidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina
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- CONACYT – Unidad de Materiales, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Calle 43, No. 130, Col. Chuburna de Hidalgo Merida 97205 Yucatan Mexico
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Herrán R, Amalvy JI, Chiacchiarelli LM. Highly functional lactic acid ring‐opened soybean polyols applied to rigid polyurethane foams. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.47959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Rodrigo Herrán
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, CCT La Plata CONICET‐UNLP Diagonal 113 y 64, La Plata Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, CCT La Plata CONICET‐UNLP Diagonal 113 y 64, La Plata Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología, CONICET‐UBA Avenida General Las Heras 2214 Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería MecánicaInstituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Avenida Eduardo Madero 399 Buenos Aires Argentina
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Bakir M, Meyer JL, Economy J, Jasiuk I. Aromatic thermosetting copolyester nanocomposite foams: High thermal and mechanical performance lightweight structural materials. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mörl M, Steinlein C, Kreger K, Schmidt HW, Altstädt V. Improved compression properties of polypropylene extrusion foams by supramolecular additives. J CELL PLAST 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0021955x17695096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Owing to the high lightweight design potential polymer foams become increasingly important. For rigid polymer foams, requiring high dimensional stability under load, a high compression modulus is a key feature. Here, we demonstrate how supramolecular additives can be utilized to control the foam morphology and to significantly improve the compression behavior of extruded foams made of linear isotactic polypropylene. Three different 1,3,5-benzenetrisamides were selected as supramolecular additives. These additives are soluble in the polymer melt and form a supramolecular nanofiber network upon cooling, acting as nucleating sites for both, foam cells and polymer crystals. It is shown that the in situ formed nanofiber network is very effective in reducing the cell size of extruded foams. Depending on the molecular structure and the concentration of the supramolecular additives, the compression modulus of polypropylene-polymer foams can be significantly increased compared to a reference foam with talc. Unexpectedly, an improvement of 100% with a concentration of only 0.02 wt% of a supramolecular additive compared to the neat polypropylene foam featuring similar densities is achieved. This improvement cannot be correlated with the foam morphology and is most likely attributed to the presence of the supramolecular nanofiber network.
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- M Mörl
- Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Bavarian Polymer Institute, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Polymer Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Bavarian Polymer Institute, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Gimenez RB, Leonardi L, Cerrutti P, Amalvy J, Chiacchiarelli LM. Improved specific thermomechanical properties of polyurethane nanocomposite foams based on castor oil and bacterial nanocellulose. J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.44982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Rocío Belén Gimenez
- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET-UBA; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET-UBA; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN), CONICET-UBA; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería; UBA; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), CCT CONICET La Plata-UNLP; La Plata Buenos Aires Argentina
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Ziminska M, Dunne N, Hamilton AR. Porous Materials with Tunable Structure and Mechanical Properties via Templated Layer-by-Layer Assembly. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:21968-21973. [PMID: 27513218 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b07806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The deposition of stiff and strong coatings onto porous templates offers a novel strategy for fabricating macroscale materials with controlled architectures at the micro- and nanoscale. Here, layer-by-layer assembly is utilized to fabricate nanocomposite-coated foams with highly customizable properties by depositing polymer-nanoclay coatings onto open-cell foam templates. The compressive mechanical behavior of these materials evolves in a predictable manner that is qualitatively captured by scaling laws for the mechanical properties of cellular materials. The observed and predicted properties span a remarkable range of density-stiffness space, extending from regions of very soft elastomer foams to very stiff, lightweight honeycomb and lattice materials.
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- Monika Ziminska
- School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast , Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Medical Engineering Research, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University , Stokes Building, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2, Ireland
- School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast , 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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- School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast , Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AH, United Kingdom
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Velankar SS. A non-equilibrium state diagram for liquid/fluid/particle mixtures. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:8393-403. [PMID: 26399221 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01901j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The equilibrium structures of ternary oil/water/surfactant systems are often represented within a triangular composition diagram with various regions of the triangle corresponding to different equilibrium states. We transplant this idea to ternary liquid/fluid/particle systems that are far from equilibrium. Liquid/liquid/particle mixtures or liquid/gas/particle mixtures yield a wide diversity of morphologies including Pickering emulsions, bijels, pendular aggregates, spherical agglomerates, capillary suspensions, liquid marbles, powdered liquids, and particle-stabilized foams. This paper argues that such ternary liquid/fluid/particle mixtures can be unified into a non-equilibrium state diagram. What is common among all these systems is that the morphology results from an interplay between the preferential wettability of the particles, capillarity, and viscous forces encountered during mixing. Therefore all such systems share certain universal features, regardless of the details of the particles or fluids used. These features guide the construction of a non-equilibrium state diagram which takes the form of a triangular prism, where each triangular cross-section of the prism corresponds to a different relative affinity of the particles towards the two fluids. We classify the prism into regions in which the various morphologies appear and also emphasize the major difference between systems in which the particles are fully-wetted by one of the fluids vs. partially-wetted by both fluids. We also discuss how the state diagram may change with mixing intensity or with interparticle attractions.
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- Sachin S Velankar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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