Abstract Sepiolite (Si 12 Mg 8 O 30 (OH, F) 4].(H 2 O) 4· 8H 2 O) is a valuable filler with an
enormous capacity to be used in thermoplastic composites, substituting costly reinforcing …

Due to special micro-nano scale heat transfer effect and the ultra-large specific area,
nanocellular polymer foams (NPFs), especially NPFs with high porosity, have great …

Recently, the fabrication of semicrystalline polymer foams with a nanocellular structure by
supercritical fluids has been becoming a newly developing research hotspot, owing to their …

The use of physical foaming agents to form nanofoams in semicrystalline polymers is still a
tremendous challenge. The change from microcellular to nanocellular bubbles (the …

In cement-based composites, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nano fibres (CNFs) can
act as crack bridging, delaying the development of nano fractures into microcracks. Recent …

Current state-of-the-art commercial polymer thermal insulation foam exhibits a thermal
conductivity of 24 mW⸳ m− 1⸳ K− 1 (equivalently thermal resistivity of R-6/in.), similar to that …

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 …

In order to understand the performance of polymeric porous materials as heat insulators, the
contribution of the radiative transfer mechanism in porous materials with high ratios of …

Nanocellular polymers are novel materials characterized by nanometric cell sizes with huge
potential in many industrial applications. However, their production is challenging and …

In the present work blends of polystyrene (PS) with sepiolites have been produced using a
melt extrusion process. The dispersion degree of the sepiolites in the PS has been analyzed …