The diverse physical appearances and wide density range of polymer bead foams offer
immense potential in various applications and future advancements. The multiscale and …

The production of elastomer foam commonly faces challenges like low production efficiency,
limited controllability, uneven foaming, and inherent shrinkage characteristics, especially in …

Over the past two decades, the use of microwaves for physical foaming of polymers has
undergone significant advancements. Typically, the preparation of polymer foams during …

The batch foaming of supercritical fluids faces numerous challenges, such as poor
controllability due to dynamic temperature changes during depressurization foaming, and …

Natural organisms have superior material properties such as mechanical adaptability,
impact protection, and self-healing to protect the body from complicated external …

Polylactic acid (PLA) is a bio‐based and biodegradable polymer. It is challenging to prepare
PLA bead foams at a large scale in an efficient manner. Herein, beads of modified PLA are …

It is a challenge to prepare flame-retardant polycarbonate (PC) foam. Here, PC composite
foams exhibiting excellent flame retardancy and ablation resistance were successfully …

It is a challenge to prepare closed-cell auxetic foam by a simple method without destroying
the properties of the foam. In this paper, auxetic foams were prepared directly from ethylene …

High-hardness thermoplastic polyurethane (HD-TPU) are utilized in advanced engineering
applications due to their superior strength, flexibility, and abrasion resistance. However, the …

The soft PBAT foam shows good flexibility, high elasticity, degradable nature, and it can be
used as an environmental-friendly candidate for EVA and PU foams. Unfortunately, there are …