[HTML][HTML] Mechanical and thermal properties of sepiolite strengthened thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites: A comprehensive review

ZI Khan, U Habib, ZB Mohamad, ARB Rahmat… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sepiolite (Si 12 Mg 8 O 30 (OH, F) 4].(H 2 O) 4· 8H 2 O) is a valuable filler with an
enormous capacity to be used in thermoplastic composites, substituting costly reinforcing …

Nanocellular polymers: The challenge of creating cells in the nanoscale

J Martín-de León, V Bernardo, MÁ Rodríguez-Pérez - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The evolution of technology means that increasingly better materials are needed. It is well
known that as a result of their interesting properties, nanocellular polymers perform better …

Ultra-elastic and super-insulating biomass PEBA nanoporous foams achieved by combining in-situ fibrillation with microcellular foaming

J Zhao, G Wang, Z Xu, A Zhang, G Dong, G Zhao… - Journal of CO2 …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-performance thermal insulation materials play a critical role in thermal management
and saving energy. The current conventional thermal insulation materials cannot meet the …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of high porosity Nanocellular polymer foams based on PMMA/PVDF blends

Z Shi, X Ma, G Zhao, G Wang, L Zhang, B Li - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to special micro-nano scale heat transfer effect and the ultra-large specific area,
nanocellular polymer foams (NPFs), especially NPFs with high porosity, have great …

Nanocellular foaming behaviors of chain-extended poly (lactic acid) induced by isothermal crystallization

Y Li, J Mi, H Fu, H Zhou, X Wang - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recently, the fabrication of semicrystalline polymer foams with a nanocellular structure by
supercritical fluids has been becoming a newly developing research hotspot, owing to their …

Wrong expectation of superinsulation behavior from largely-expanded nanocellular foams

P Buahom, C Wang, M Alshrah, G Wang, P Gong… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This work aims to predict the thermal conductivity of microcellular and nanocellular thermal
insulation foams to explore the correlation between the cellular structure and the thermal …

Enhanced nitrates-polluted water remediation by polyurethane/sepiolite cellular nanocomposites

S Barroso-Solares, B Merillas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanocomposite hydrophilic flexible polyurethane foams were prepared by in situ
polymerization using an organomodified sepiolite as filler. The sepiolite affinity by nitrates …

Modeling the heat transfer by conduction of nanocellular polymers with bimodal cellular structures

V Bernardo, J Martin-de Leon, J Pinto, R Verdejo… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocellular polymers are a new generation of materials with the potential of being used as
very efficient thermal insulators. It has been proved experimentally that these materials …

Low-density PMMA/MAM nanocellular polymers using low MAM contents: Production and characterization

V Bernardo, J Martin-de Leon, J Pinto, T Catelani… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Low-density nanocellular polymers are required to take advantage of the full potential of
these materials as high efficient thermal insulators. However, their production is still a …

Fabrication and characterization of low-density nanocellular foam based on PMMA/TPU blends

NM Demewoz, SK Yeh - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
In nanocellular foam production, achieving cell sizes less than 100 nm with low relative
densities is challenging. In this study, poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) was blended with …