Recent trends of foaming in polymer processing: A review

FL Jin, M Zhao, M Park, SJ Park - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polymer foams have low density, good heat insulation, good sound insulation effects, high
specific strength, and high corrosion resistance, and are widely used in civil and industrial …

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 …

[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 …

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 …

Transparent nanocellular PMMA: Characterization and modeling of the optical properties

J Martín-de León, JL Pura, V Bernardo… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the optical properties of transparent nanocellular polymethylmethacrylate
(PMMA) have been studied, experimental and theoretically. Transmittance measurements of …

Key production parameters to obtain transparent nanocellular PMMA

J Martín‐de León, V Bernardo… - Macromolecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent nanocellular polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with relative density around 0.4 is
produced for the first time by using the gas dissolution foaming technique. The processing …

Preparation and characterization of highly aligned carbon nanotubes/polyacrylonitrile composite nanofibers

Y Song, Z Sun, L Xu, Z Shao - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
In the electrospinning process, a modified parallel electrode method (MPEM), conducted by
placing a positively charged ring between the needle and the parallel electrode collector …

[HTML][HTML] Production of cellular polymers without solid outer skins by gas dissolution foaming: A long-sought step towards new applications

D Cuadra-Rodríguez, S Barroso-Solares… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
An innovative approach to reduce and eliminate the non-foamed solid skins of the cellular
polymers fabricated by gas dissolution foaming is presented in this work. The incorporation …

Nanoporous PMMA foams with templated pore size obtained by localized in situ synthesis of nanoparticles and CO2 foaming

J Pinto, D Morselli, V Bernardo, B Notario, D Fragouli… - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer foams with controlled and templated pore size have been obtained for the first time
by CO 2 gas dissolution foaming from poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) films. This kind of …

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 …