A review on physical foaming of thermoplastic and vulcanized elastomers

W Zhai, J Jiang, CB Park - Polymer Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Elastomer foams have been widely used in many applications and have shown potential in
some advanced fields because of their excellent flexibility. Elastomers foamed with a …

Synergistic effect of carbon nanotube and graphene nanoplates on the mechanical, electrical and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of polymer …

H Zhang, G Zhang, M Tang, L Zhou, J Li, X Fan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Novel PMMA composites were fabricated using two different dimensional nanofillers of
MWCNTs and GNPs as bifillers to explore their synergistic effect on the final mechanical and …

Supercritical CO2 foaming and shrinkage resistance of thermoplastic polyurethane/modified magnesium borate whisker composite

X Gao, Y Chen, P Chen, Z Xu, L Zhao, D Hu - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) foam is eco-friendly prepared with supercritical carbon
dioxide (CO 2) as a blowing agent. Magnesium borate whisker (Mg 2 B 2 O 5) modified by …

In-situ fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) via melt blending: Effect on rheological behavior, mechanical properties, and …

A Huang, X Peng, LS Turng - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
An approach to produce in situ fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in thermoplastic
polyurethane (TPU) has been developed and the effect on the rheological behavior …

Structure-tunable thermoplastic polyurethane foams fabricated by supercritical carbon dioxide foaming and their compressive mechanical properties

G Wang, G Wan, J Chai, B Li, G Zhao, Y Mu… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Towards fabricating structurally tunable TPU foams with improved mechanical properties,
the foaming behavior of TPU in two foaming routes including H-foaming and C-foaming …

Steam-chest molding of expanded thermoplastic polyurethane bead foams and their mechanical properties

C Ge, Q Ren, S Wang, W Zheng, W Zhai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
The steam-chest molding process can be used to prepare molded bead foams, including
expandable polystyrene (EPS), expanded polyethylene (EPE), expanded polypropylene …

Solubility and diffusivity of CO2 and N2 in TPU and their effects on cell nucleation in batch foaming

R Li, JH Lee, C Wang, LH Mark, CB Park - The Journal of Supercritical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstracts Solubility and diffusivity of CO 2 and N 2 in thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) were
measured to distinguish the foaming behavior of TPU with different blowing agents …

Hydrogen bonding and topological network effects on optimizing thermoplastic polyurethane/organic montmorillonite nanocomposite foam

B Lan, P Li, X Luo, H Luo, Q Yang, P Gong - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Foaming behavior of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is extremely difficult to be regulated
due to the special microphase-separation structure. Therefore, organic montmorillonite (O …

Antishrinking strategy of microcellular thermoplastic polyurethane by comprehensive modeling analysis

Y Chen, D Li, H Zhang, Y Ling, K Wu, T Liu… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive model for shrinkage behavior of soft thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)
elastomer foams has been built, which involves in situ tensile testing of TPU under different …

Fundamental influences of crosslinking structure on the cell morphology, creep property, thermal property, and recycling behavior of microcellular EPDM foams blown …

H Zheng, G Pan, P Huang, D Xu… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, the crosslinked ethylene–propylene–diene monomer (EPDM) foams were
prepared by batch foaming using compressed CO2 as the blowing agent. The various …