Characterising the deterioration of different plastics in air and seawater

NFA Biber, A Foggo, RC Thompson - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
In situ studies of plastic deterioration can help us understand the longevity of macroplastic
as well as the generation of microplastics in the environment. Photo-oxidation contributing to …

Wood fiber reinforced polyethylene and polypropylene composites with high modulus and impact strength

Q Yuan, D Wu, J Gotama… - Journal of Thermoplastic …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Wood plastic composite with high modulus and impact strength were manufactured by
combining polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) with wood fiber (WF) using twin-screw …

Effects of lubricant content on extrusion processing and mechanical properties of wood flour-high-density polyethylene composites

KB Adhikary, CB Park, MR Islam… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Wood plastic composite (WPC) development has been facilitated by the economical
extrusion of WPC profiles for various applications. The physical and mechanical properties …

Multiscale structure and microscopic deformation mechanisms of gel-spun ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers

L Balzano, B Coussens, T Engels, F Oosterlinck… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We investigate the molecular features of high-performance gel-spun ultrahigh-molecular-
weight polyethylene UHMWPE fibers (SK75, invented and manufactured by DSM) and …

Role of periodicity and acid chemistry on the morphological evolution and strength in precise polyethylenes

LR Middleton, EB Trigg, E Schwartz, KL Opper… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report the morphology evolution under tensile deformation for strictly linear
polyethylenes with associating functional groups. In situ X-ray scattering measurements …

Thermosensitive diblock copolymers with designed molecular weight distribution: Synthesis by continuous living cationic polymerization and micellization behavior

KI Seno, S Kanaoka, S Aoshima - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of diblock copolymers with designed molecular weight distributions (MWDs)
was successfully demonstrated in a continuous living cationic polymerization system using …

Rewritable optical patterns in light-responsive ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

SSD Lafleur, JR Severn, RCP Verpaalen… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Spiropyran is used as a photochromic dye to create colored patterns in highly drawn
ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW PE) films. The dye is incorporated in highly …

High-strength tapes prepared by the solid-state processing of nascent reactor powders of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

EK Golubev, TS Kurkin, AN Ozerin - Russian Chemical Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Structural studies were carried out and physicomechanical characteristics of samples of
ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) were determined for successive stages …

Revealing the role of molecular weight on mechanical reinforcement of highly oriented UHMWPE fibers

J Wu, T Yang, K Wang, Q Zhang, Q Fu - Polymer, 2025 - Elsevier
It has been well known that increasing the molecular weight of ultra-high weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE) has a positive effect on obtaining high-strength fibers, but the …

Optical Patterns on Drawn Polyethylene by Direct Laser Writing

SSD Lafleur, L Shen, EJTW Kamphuis… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Optical patterns are produced on the surface of drawn linear polyethylene containing 2‐(2H‐
benzotriazol‐2‐yl)‐4, 6‐ditertpentylphenol (BZT), a photothermal dye, by direct laser writing …