[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in bio-based functional additives for polymers

V Marturano, A Marotta, SA Salazar, V Ambrogi… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the strong global concern on depletion of fossil fuel and the
environmental impact of oil-based compounds has pushed towards more sustainable …

Slippery questions about complex fluids flowing past solids

S Granick, Y Zhu, H Lee - Nature materials, 2003 - nature.com
Viscous flow is familiar and useful, yet the underlying physics is surprisingly subtle and
complex. Recent experiments and simulations show that the textbook assumption of'no slip …

Slip mechanisms in complex fluid flows

SG Hatzikiriakos - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The classical no-slip boundary condition of fluid mechanics is not always a valid assumption
for the flow of several classes of complex fluids including polymer melts, their blends …

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) of thermoplastic-based filaments: process and rheological properties—an overview

D Acierno, A Patti - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The fused deposition modeling (FDM) process, an extrusion-based 3D printing technology,
enables the manufacture of complex geometrical elements. This technology employs …

The universal usefulness of stearic acid as surface modifier: applications to the polymer formulations and composite processing

A Patti, H Lecocq, A Serghei, D Acierno… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work aims to review the literature studies based on the application of stearic acid (SA)
in a large range of industrial and academic formulations, given the benefits arisen from this …

Chemically active, porous 3D-printed thermoplastic composites

KA Evans, ZC Kennedy, BW Arey… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) exhibit exceptional properties and are widely
investigated because of their structural and functional versatility relevant to catalysis …

Drop breakup and fragment size distribution in shear flow

V Cristini, S Guido, A Alfani, J Bławzdziewicz… - Journal of …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
We report a study on the deformation and breakup of drops in an impulsively started shear
flow under Stokes flow conditions using boundary-integral simulations and video …

[PDF][PDF] The role of rheology in polymer extrusion

J Vlachopoulos, D Strutt - New Technology for Extrusion …, 2003 - polydynamics.com
Rheology is the science of deformation and flow of materials [1]. The Society of Rheology's
Greek motto" Panta Rei" translates as" All things flow." Actually, all materials do flow, given …

[PDF][PDF] Polymer processing and rheology

ND Polychronopoulos… - … Polymers. Polymers and …, 2019 - researchgate.net
This chapter is devoted to the presentation of the fundamental rheological properties of
polymers and their processing technologies. Measurements of the rheological properties …

Wall slip and melt fracture of poly (lactides)

N Othman, B Jazrawi, P Mehrkhodavandi… - Rheologica acta, 2012 - Springer
The wall slip and melt fracture behaviour of several commercial polylactides (PLAs) as well
as their rheological properties under shear and extensional have been investigated. The …