Foaming of thermoplastics is an area of significant research interest. The substitution of any
solid polymer with its foamed counterparts not only results in the lowering of material and …

Significant research efforts are being pursued by numerous plastic foaming industries
towards the transformation of macrocellular polymer foam to microcellular and imminent …

Polymeric foams have characteristics that make them attractive for different applications.
However, some foaming methods rely on chemicals that are not environmentally friendly …

This review introduces an innovative technology termed “Micro-Extrusion Foaming (MEF)”,
which amalgamates the merits of physical foaming and 3D printing. It presents a …

In this article, the general-purpose polystyrene was reprocessed four times. The effect of
repeated reprocessing of polystyrene on its polymeric properties and on its microcellular …

This research article describes the impact of the depressurization rate change on the
morphology of microcellular polycarbonate foams (PCMFs) using batch-wise foaming with …

In this article, the development of microcellular structure foams has developed by integrating
the two successful and existing technologies, namely CO2 gas batch foaming and Fused …

Solid‐state foaming of epoxy resins has been performed under simulated microgravity by
the random positioning machine (RPM) and under hypergravity by the large diameter …

Mechanical properties such as tensile modulus and strength, elongation-at-break, and
impact strength of poly (lactic acid)/ethylene-co-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA, vinyl acetate …

In this study, bimodal microcellular acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) foams have been
manufactured through solid-state batch foaming process using two staged gas …