Thermoplastic polyurethane composites reinforced with renewable and sustainable fillers–a review

M Khalifa, S Anandhan, G Wuzella… - Polymer-plastics …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) reinforced with natural or renewable fillers gained
significant attention in the scientific community and industries. The properties of TPU can be …

The evolution of polyurethane heart valve replacements: How chemistry translates to the clinic

M Crago, A Lee, S Farajikhah, F Oveissi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current heart valve replacements (HVRs) fail to comprehensively capture the physiological
behavior of native heart valve tissues, allowing the burden of valvular heart disease to …

Piezoresistive thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites with carbon nanostructures

K Ke, VS Bonab, D Yuan, I Manas-Zloczower - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Piezoresistive strain sensors for structural health monitoring (SHM) and human body motion
detection applications commonly use polymer nanocomposites based on carbon fillers such …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of carbon nanotube morphology on properties in thermoplastic elastomer composites for strain sensors

Z Sang, K Ke, I Manas-Zloczower - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrically conductive thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composites with carbon nanofillers
have potential applications in strain sensors. However, it is challenging to simultaneously …

Thermoplastic Elastomers for Wireless, Skin‐Interfaced Electronic, and Microfluidic Devices

Y Wu, C Liu, M Lapiere, JL Ciatti… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wireless, skin‐interfaced electronic and microfluidic devices have the potential to replace
wired, bulky, and cumbersome technologies for personal and clinical health monitoring …

Quantification Characterization of Hierarchical Structure of Polyurethane by Advanced AFM and X-ray Techniques

J Wang, M Wang, X Zhang, Y Han, Y Wu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane (PU) with microphase separation has garnered significant attention due to its
highly designable molecular structure and a wide range of adjustable properties. However …

Conductive, self-healing, and repeatable graphene/carbon nanotube/polyurethane flexible sensor based on Diels-Alder chemothermal drive

H Tu, M Zhou, Y Gu, Y Gu - Composites Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Flexible conductive materials have excellent stretchability and sensitivity, so they have great
development potential in motion detection, artificial electronic skin and other fields. Three …

An “inner soft external hard”, scratch-resistant, self-healing waterborne poly (urethane-urea) coating based on gradient metal coordination structure

Y Sheng, M Wang, K Zhang, Z Wu, Y Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce pollution and maintain sustainable development, environmental friendly
waterborne coatings as a replacement for conventional oil-based coatings have drawn lots …

Synthetic (bio) degradable polymers–when does recycling fail?

B Agostinho, AJD Silvestre, JAP Coutinho… - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Given the current environmental crisis caused by polymers, we have seen that it is
mandatory to make changes in the way we produce, consume, and, at the downstream …

On the use of solubility parameters to investigate phase separation-morphology-mechanical behavior relationships of TPU

R Gallu, F Méchin, F Dalmas, JF Gérard, R Perrin… - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes a thorough investigation, especially based on thermodynamics, to
predict phase separation in a linear thermoplastic polyurethane, denoted TPU, prepared …