Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) materials are obtained by the reaction of polyol (ether‐,
ester‐, and carbonate‐based diols with average molecular weight in the range from 1,000 to …

Water-borne polyurethanes are novel functional polymers that use water as the dispersion
medium. When compared with solvent-borne polyurethanes, water-borne polyurethanes are …

Currently, a lot of research efforts have been directed toward exploiting the special high-
performance characteristics of polymers with sulfur in the backbone. Sulfur-containing …

Elastomers are widely used in textiles, foam, and rubber, yet they are rarely recycled due to
the difficulty in deconstructing polymer chains to reusable monomers. Introducing reversible …

Essential oils (EOs) have been widely exploited for their biological properties (mainly as
antimicrobials) in the food industry. Encapsulation of EOs has opened the way to the …

Bio-based tannic acid (TA) has been first applied as a reactive flame retardant for the
preparation of polyurethane elastomers (PUEs). The flame retardant properties of PUEs are …

An elastomer is a material that undergoes large deformation under force and quickly
recovers its approximate initial shape and size after withdrawing the external force …

Polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (PCD-TPUs) were synthesized
from polyhexamethylene carbonate diol, 4, 4-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 1, 4 …

Preparing polyurethane hot-melt adhesives (HMA) with high bonding strength and
toughness is still a huge challenge. As an indispensable component in polyurethane …

The new segmented poly (thiourethane-urethane) s (PTURs) based on 1, 1′-
methanediylbis (4-isocyanatocyclohexane)(HMDI, Desmodur W®), polycarbonate diol …