[HTML][HTML] Adhesion and cohesion of epoxy-based industrial composite coatings

H Wei, J Xia, W Zhou, L Zhou, G Hussain, Q Li… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epoxy is widely adopted in the coating industry because of its excellent performance, which
can be applied to the surfaces of metal and non-metal structures for protection and/or …

Copolymer/clay nanocomposites for biomedical applications

S Murugesan, T Scheibel - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoclays still hold a great strength in biomedical nanotechnology applications due to their
exceptional properties despite the development of several new nanostructured materials …

Stimulation of wound healing using bioinspired hydrogels with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)

X Zhang, X Kang, L Jin, J Bai, W Liu… - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The objective of this study is to stimulate wound healing using bioinspired
hydrogels with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Materials and methods Inspired by the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the liquid natural rubber (LNR) on mechanical properties and microstructure of epoxy/silica/kenaf hybrid composite for potential automotive …

CNA Jaafar, I Zainol, NS Ishak, RA Ilyas… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of rubber toughened epoxy/silica/kenaf composites on mechanical properties
and microstructure were investigated. In this study, a combination of silica, liquid rubber, and …

Hybrid epoxy nanocomposites: improvement in mechanical properties and toughening mechanisms—a review

A Białkowska, M Bakar, W Kucharczyk, I Zarzyka - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article presents a review on the recent advances in the field of ternary diglycidyl ether of
bisphenol A epoxy nanocomposites containing nanoparticles and other modifiers. Particular …

Structural, morphological and mechanical behaviour of glass fibre reinforced epoxy nanoclay composites

R Jeyakumar, PS Sampath, R Ramamoorthi… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Glass reinforced epoxy composites filled with various compositions (1, 3, 5 and 7%) of
cloisite clay particles were prepared. The as-prepared samples of unfilled or neat epoxy …

Biodegradable composite films based on mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae): Microstructural, functional and thermal properties

F Mannai, L Mechi, F Alimi, AKD Alsukaibi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the feasibility of using cactus mucilage (CM) to elaborate biobased
composite films blended with styrene-butadiene rubber latex (SBL). The CM was extracted …

Review of the main factors controlling the fracture toughness and impact strength properties of natural composites

AY Al-Maharma, P Sendur - Materials Research Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The main critical factors, which have direct influence on the fracture toughness and imapct
strength properties of natural fibers composites, are reviewed in details in this paper …

A review on rubber-enhanced polymeric materials

EB Caldona, ACC De Leon, BB Pajarito… - Polymer …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the field of nanotechnology, the innovation of polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) is a fast
developing interdisciplinary field which is becoming beneficial to many industries because …

Enhancement of the properties of hybridizing epoxy and nanoclay for mechanical, industrial, and biomedical applications

ZF Merzah, S Fakhry, TG Allami, NY Yuhana… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The strong demand for plastic and polymeric materials continues to grow year after year,
making these industries critical to address sustainability. By functioning as a filler in either a …