Poly (glycolic acid)(PGA): A versatile building block expanding high performance and sustainable bioplastic applications

PK Samantaray, A Little, DM Haddleton, T McNally… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The concerns about the accumulating plastic waste pollution have stimulated the rapid
development of bioplastics, in particular biodegradable bioplastics derived from renewable …

A review of thermoplastic polymer foams for functional applications

G Wu, P Xie, H Yang, K Dang, Y Xu, M Sain… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Recently, functional applications of thermoplastic foams have received extensive attention
from the research and materials communities, focusing on their various applications, key …

Flexible, yet robust polyaniline coated foamed polylactic acid composite electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors

G Li, L Wang, X Lei, Z Peng, T Wan, S Maganti… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
Polylactic acid (PLA) has promising potentials for transient electronic applications due to its
biodegradability and biocompatibility, which is expected to help alleviate electronic waste …

Facile and scalable fabrication of highly thermal conductive polyethylene/graphene nanocomposites by combining solid-state shear milling and FDM 3D-printing …

J Jing, Y Chen, S Shi, L Yang, P Lambin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer-based thermal conductive composites (PTCs) with both excellent thermal and
mechanical properties are highly desirable in the thermal management of modern …

Strong and super thermally insulating in-situ nanofibrillar PLA/PET composite foam fabricated by high-pressure microcellular injection molding

G Wang, J Zhao, G Wang, H Zhao, J Lin, G Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strong, thermally insulating and biological PLA foams derived from cost-effective and
environmentally friendly process are needed for saving resources and improving energy …

Ultra-fast degradable PBAT/PBS foams of high performance in compression and thermal insulation made from environment-friendly supercritical foaming

Y Li, Z Zhang, W Wang, P Gong, Q Yang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to abundant disposable insulation materials causing serious environmental problem,
degradable poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)(PBAT) foam is a solution. To enhance …

Fabrication of biodegradable poly (lactic acid)/carbon nanotube nanocomposite foams: significant improvement on rheological property and foamability

Y Li, D Yin, W Liu, H Zhou, Y Zhang, X Wang - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, biodegradable macromolecules have been highly desired as a promising
alternative for traditional oil-based plastics to work out the eco crisis and biological health …

Highly expansive, thermally insulating epoxy/Ag nanosheet composite foam for electromagnetic interference shielding

X Fan, G Zhang, Q Gao, J Li, Z Shang, H Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, epoxy foams with high volume expansion ratio and excellent electromagnetic
interference (EMI) are fabricated by the supercritical carbon dioxide as blowing agent. So …

Recent progress in micro‐/nano‐fibrillar reinforced polymeric composite foams

C Zhao, LH Mark, S Kim, E Chang… - Polymer Engineering …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manufacture of thermoplastic foams with a fine cellular structure (a higher expansion ratio, a
higher cell density, and smaller cell sizes) is challenging work due to the weak viscoelastic …

Biobased foams for thermal insulation: Material selection, processing, modelling, and performance

R Mort, K Vorst, G Curtzwiler, S Jiang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the urgent need for the development of sustainable materials and a circular economy, a
surge of research regarding biobased materials and associated processing methods has …