Supramolecular hierarchical polyurethane elastomers for thermal and mechanical property optimization

RQ Lu, A Concellón, P Wang, TM Swager, AJ Hsieh - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Supramolecular chemical designs that integrate complementary hydrogen bond donor and
acceptor complexes in hierarchical polyurethane elastomers are reported. N 2, N 6-bis (2 …

Reverse physically motivated frameworks for investigation of strain energy function in rubber-like elasticity

R Akbari, V Morovati, R Dargazany - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper introduces three innovative frameworks to obtain the strain energy function for
rubber-like materials through an inverse approach. To this end, we inspire from the statistical …

Quantification Characterization of Hierarchical Structure of Polyurethane by Advanced AFM and X-ray Techniques

J Wang, M Wang, X Zhang, Y Han, Y Wu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane (PU) with microphase separation has garnered significant attention due to its
highly designable molecular structure and a wide range of adjustable properties. However …

Molecular simulation of thermoplastic polyurethanes under large compressive deformation

S Zhu, N Lempesis, PJ in 't Veld, GC Rutledge - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) are candidates for a number of applications where
outstanding resilience and ability to dissipate energy under large compressive deformation …

Mechanical mapping and morphology across the length scales unveil structure–property relationships in polycaprolactone based polyurethanes

H Gojzewski, B Imre, C Check… - Journal of Polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Segmented polyurethane elastomers for biomedical applications were synthesized and
studied at macroscopic (by mechanical testing) and meso/nanoscopic length scales (by …

Effect of soft segment molecular weight on tensile properties of poly (propylene oxide) based polyurethaneureas

SP Ertem, E Yilgor, C Kosak, GL Wilkes, M Zhang… - Polymer, 2012 - Elsevier
Influence of soft segment molecular weight and hard segment content on the morphology,
thermomechanical and tensile properties of homologous polyurethaneurea copolymers …

Prediction of viscoelastic properties with coarse‐grained molecular dynamics and experimental validation for a benchmark polyurea system

V Agrawal, K Holzworth… - Journal of Polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To explore the relationship between microscopic structure and viscoelastic properties of
polyurea, a coarse‐grained (CG) model is developed by a structure matching method and …

Machine learning for polymeric materials: an introduction

MM Cencer, JS Moore, RS Assary - Polymer International, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polymers are incredibly versatile materials and have become ubiquitous. Increasingly,
researchers are using data science and polymer informatics to design new materials and …

Theoretical modeling of the relationship between Young's modulus and formulation variables for segmented polyurethanes

VV Ginzburg, J Bicerano… - Journal of Polymer …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a new modeling approach to prediction of Young's modulus of segmented
polyurethanes. This approach combines micromechanical models with thermodynamic …

Thermoplastic polyurethanes with varying hard-segment components. Mechanical performance and a filler-crosslink conversion of hard domains as monitored by …

A Stribeck, E Pöselt, B Eling, F Jokari-Sheshdeh… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
When monitoring tensile tests of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) by small-angle X-ray
scattering (SAXS) we find a filler-to-crosslink conversion of hard domain function. Its strength …