Thermal conductivity of nanoporous materials: where is the limit?

B Merillas, JP Vareda, J Martín-de León… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, our society is facing problems related to energy availability. Owing to the energy
savings that insulators provide, the search for effective insulating materials is a focus of …

[HTML][HTML] PMMA stability under hydrothermal conditions

A Fernández, A Redondo, J Martín-de-León… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
PMMA is a synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. PMMA is used widely in many
applications and the interest in their physicochemical properties is growing. In this work, a …

Production and Application of Polymer Foams Employing Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

GMR Lima, RK Bose - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric foams have characteristics that make them attractive for different applications.
However, some foaming methods rely on chemicals that are not environmentally friendly …

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 …

Printable and Tunable Bioresin with Strategically Decorated Molecular Structures

C Rufo‐Martín, D Infante‐García… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As personalized medicine rapidly evolves, there is a critical demand for advanced
biocompatible materials surpassing current additive manufacturing capabilities. This study …

Advanced nanocellular foams: perspectives on the current knowledge and challenges

D Cuadra-Rodriguez, S Barroso-Solares, J Pinto - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanocellular polymers (ie, cellular polymers with cells and walls in the nanometric range)
were first produced in the early 2000s, with the works of Yokoyama et al.[1] being the main …

[HTML][HTML] Easy-way production of highly transparent nanocellular polymers films

J Martín-de León, M Jiménez, JL Pura, V Bernardo… - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
The key parameters and production route for the easy production of highly transparent
nanocellular films based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with thickness below 1 mm are …

Using infrared opacifiers to reduce the thermal conductivity of micro and nanocellular polymethylmethacrylate

J Martín-de León, A Sillero, MA Rodríguez-Pérez - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanometric cells in cellular polymers leads to a reduced gaseous thermal conductivity but a
relatively high heat transfer by radiation, which counteracts the previous reduction. In this …

Fabrication of flat and sizeable nanocellular polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) foam with tunable thermal conductivity

KF Gebremedhin, SD Tolcha… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric nanocell foam is a promising material that faces manufacturing challenges.
Producing sizable and thick foams for properties testing has been challenging. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructure of PMMA/MAM Blends Prepared by Out-of-Equilibrium (Extrusion) and Near-Equilibrium (Casting) Self-Assembly and Their Nanocellular or …

S Barroso-Solares, V Bernardo, D Cuadra-Rodriguez… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Blends of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) and a triblock copolymer poly (methyl
methacrylate)-b-poly (butyl acrylate)-b-poly (methyl methacrylate)(MAM) have been …