Waste rubber recycling: A review on the evolution and properties of thermoplastic elastomers

A Fazli, D Rodrigue - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, plastics and rubbers are broadly being used to produce a wide range of products
for several applications like automotive, building and construction, material handling …

Structuration, selective dispersion and compatibilizing effect of (nano) fillers in polymer blends

A Taguet, P Cassagnau, JM Lopez-Cuesta - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Hybrid ternary blends comprising two polymers and one mineral (nano) filler are
increasingly studied because they are starting to be widely used to respond to industrial …

Self-assembly and applications of anisotropic nanomaterials: A review

K Thorkelsson, P Bai, T Xu - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Anisotropic nanoparticles are ideal building blocks for a variety of functional materials due to
their unique and anisotropic optical, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties …

Stabilizing liquid drops in nonequilibrium shapes by the interfacial jamming of nanoparticles

M Cui, T Emrick, TP Russell - Science, 2013 - science.org
Nanoparticles assemble at the interface between two fluids into disordered, liquid-like arrays
where the nanoparticles can diffuse laterally at the interface. Using nanoparticles dispersed …

Self-orienting nanocubes for the assembly of plasmonic nanojunctions

B Gao, G Arya, AR Tao - Nature nanotechnology, 2012 - nature.com
Plasmonic hot spots are formed when metal surfaces with high curvature are separated by
nanoscale gaps and an electromagnetic field is localized within the gaps. These hot spots …

Functional polymer nanocomposites enhanced by nanorods

MJA Hore, RJ Composto - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Because of their shape anisotropy, nanorods are attractive components for creating
functional polymer nanocomposites. In many cases, this anisotropy is the basis of physical …

Size-controlled nanoparticle-guided assembly of block copolymers for convex lens-shaped particles

KH Ku, JM Shin, MP Kim, CH Lee, MK Seo… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The tuning of interfacial properties at selective and desired locations on the particles is of
great importance to create the novel structured particles by breaking the symmetry of their …

Triple shape memory effects of cross-linked polyethylene/polypropylene blends with cocontinuous architecture

J Zhao, M Chen, X Wang, X Zhao, Z Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this paper, the triple shape memory effects (SMEs) observed in chemically cross-linked
polyethylene (PE)/polypropylene (PP) blends with cocontinuous architecture are …

Improving impact toughness of polylactide/poly (ether) urethane blends via designing the phase morphology assisted by hydrophilic silica nanoparticles

H Xiu, C Huang, H Bai, J Jiang, F Chen, H Deng… - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
Obtaining network-like morphology (rubber particles are unevenly distributed in the matrix,
forming a discontinuous rubber network structure) has been considered to be an effective …

Nanoparticle-induced co-continuity in immiscible polymer blends–A comparative study on bio-based PLA-PA11 blends filled with organoclay, sepiolite, and carbon …

A Nuzzo, E Bilotti, T Peijs, D Acierno, G Filippone - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
Different amounts of organoclay, sepiolite, and carbon nanotubes are added to an
immiscible blend of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and polyamide 11 (PA11) with drop-matrix …