Strain-induced multiscale structural evolutions of crystallized polymers: From fundamental studies to recent progresses

S Xu, J Zhou, P Pan - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Semicrystalline polymers products usually adopt a crystallized form in their end-use
environment. These crystallized polymers undergo various deformations under different …

Polymer informatics: Current status and critical next steps

L Chen, G Pilania, R Batra, TD Huan, C Kim… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) based approaches are beginning to impact several domains of
human life, science and technology. Polymer informatics is one such domain where AI and …

Semi‐Interpenetrating Polymer Network Biomimetic Structure Enables Superelastic and Thermostable Nanofibrous Aerogels for Cascade Filtration of PM2.5

Y Li, L Cao, X Yin, Y Si, J Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Particulate matter (PM) has taken heavy tolls on the global economy and public health,
calling for air filters that can remove PM from high‐temperature emission sources. However …

Recent progress in flow‐induced polymer crystallization

C Nie, F Peng, R Cao, K Cui, J Sheng… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During industrial processing, such as film blowing and injection molding, semicrystalline
polymers have to be subjected to external flow. Flow changes the nucleation rate, crystal …

Micro-mechanical properties of foamed polymer rehabilitation material: A molecular dynamics study

Y Wu, C Zhang, C Wang, J Wan, N Wei, C Zhu, H Fang… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
The non-aqueous reactive foamed polyurethane is widely used in engineering. We have
observed the micromorphology of the non-aqueous reactive foamed polyurethane by field …

Effect of the crosslinking degree on the microstructure and thermomechanical properties of a polymer grouting material

L Yuan, C Zhang, C Wang, N Wei, J Wan, C Zhu… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer grouting materials are widely used in the field of trenchless rehabilitation of
infrastructure, and their properties are closely related to the crosslinking process and …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Mechanistic Insights into Wrinkle Formation in TPU under Supercritical CO2 Flow Field

WH Cui, X Zhou, HY Mi, B Dong, C Liu, C Shen - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The external force field has a profound influence on the molecular structure and properties
of polymers, but the effect of the supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) flow field on the …

[HTML][HTML] The micro response mechanisms of foamed polymer rehabilitation material under compression: From a closed cell view

Y Wu, C Zhang, C Wang, T Rabczuk, P Zhu, P Zhao… - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-aqueous reactive foamed polyurethanes are widely used in the non-excavation
rehabilitation of infrastructures and fundamental engineering. However, the effect of a …

Bottom-up design toward dynamically robust polyurethane elastomers

AJ Hsieh, YCM Wu, W Hu, JP Mikhail, D Veysset… - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Segmented polyurethanes exhibit versatile mechanical properties, where their outstanding
resilience and toughness enable material designs with high energy-absorption capability …

Large strain micromechanics of thermoplastic elastomers with random microstructures

H Cho, J Lee, J Moon, E Pöselt, GC Rutledge… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) are block copolymeric materials composed of
plastomeric “hard” and elastomeric “soft” domains, by which they exhibit highly resilient yet …