The evolution of polystyrene as a cell culture material

MJ Lerman, J Lembong, S Muramoto… - … Engineering Part B …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Polystyrene (PS) has brought in vitro cell culture from its humble beginnings to the modern
era, propelling dozens of research fields along the way. This review discusses the …

Residual stresses in injection molded products

A Guevara-Morales, U Figueroa-López - Journal of materials science, 2014 - Springer
Injection molding is the most widely used processing technique for polymers. It offers several
advantages over other processing conditions such as good surface finish, the ability to …

Reducing shrinkage in injection moldings via the Taguchi, ANOVA and neural network methods

M Altan - Materials & Design, 2010 - Elsevier
Plastic injection molding is suitable for mass production articles since complex geometries
can be obtained in a single production step. However, the difficulty in setting optimal process …

Warpage and shrinkage optimization of injection-molded plastic spoon parts for biodegradable polymers using Taguchi, ANOVA and artificial neural network methods

E Oliaei, BS Heidari, SM Davachi, M Bahrami… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, it is attempted to give an insight into the injection processability of three self-
prepared polymers from A to Z. This work presents material analysis, injection molding …

Effect of processing conditions on shrinkage in injection molding

KMB Jansen, DJ Van Dijk… - Polymer Engineering & …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic study on the effect of processing conditions on mold shrinkage was undertaken
for seven common thermoplastic polymers. It turned out that the holding pressure was …

Prediction of shrinkage and warpage in consideration of residual stress in integrated simulation of injection molding

DS Choi, YT Im - Composite Structures, 1999 - Elsevier
The accurate prediction of shrinkage and warpage of injection molded parts is important to
achieve successful mold design with high precision. In this study, the numerical analysis of …

Surface microstructure replication in injection molding

UA Theilade, HN Hansen - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2007 - Springer
In recent years, polymer components with surface microstructures have been in rising
demand for applications such as lab-on-a-chip and optical components. Injection molding …

Analysis of shrinkage development of a semicrystalline polymer during injection molding

FD Santis, R Pantani, V Speranza… - Industrial & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The phenomenon of shrinkage in injection molding is particularly relevant for the processing
of semicrystalline polymers. Nevertheless, if compared with the considerable effort spent by …

Relevance of mold‐induced thermal boundary conditions and cavity deformation in the simulation of injection molding

R Pantani, V Speranza… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In this work an amorphous PS was injection molded into a simple line‐gated rectangular
cavity. The effect on post‐filling pressure curves and temperatures (at the polymer‐mold …

Microinjection molding of polypropylene/multi‐walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites: the influence of process parameters

S Zhou, AN Hrymak, MR Kamal - Polymer Engineering & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polypropylene (PP) filled with 10 wt% multi‐walled carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites
were prepared via masterbatch dilution and subjected to microinjection molding (μIM) under …