A review on physical foaming of thermoplastic and vulcanized elastomers

W Zhai, J Jiang, CB Park - Polymer Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Elastomer foams have been widely used in many applications and have shown potential in
some advanced fields because of their excellent flexibility. Elastomers foamed with a …

Polymer nano-foams for insulating applications prepared from CO2 foaming

C Forest, P Chaumont, P Cassagnau… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aspects of the modeling of the thermal conductivity of polymer foams and a CO 2 foaming
process for the preparation of micro/nano-cellular polymer materials for insulating …

Electromagnetic interference shielding performance of anisotropic polyimide/graphene composite aerogels

Z Yu, T Dai, S Yuan, H Zou, P Liu - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Anisotropic polyimide (PI)/graphene composite aerogels were fabricated by unidirectional
freezing. A poly (amic acid)(PAA) ammonium salt/graphene dispersion was first synthesized …

Facile preparation of lightweight microcellular polyetherimide/graphene composite foams for electromagnetic interference shielding

J Ling, W Zhai, W Feng, B Shen, J Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a facile approach to produce lightweight microcellular polyetherimide
(PEI)/graphene nanocomposite foams with a density of about 0.3 g/cm3 by a phase …

An overview of the recent advances in polylactide‐based sustainable nanocomposites

R Banerjee, SS Ray - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The article reports recent advances in reference to the existing literature and presents a
knowledge gap and potential solution ideas for polylactide (PLA) nanocomposites as …

Nanocellular polymer foams as promising high performance thermal insulation materials

S Liu, J Duvigneau, GJ Vancso - European Polymer Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Low density, nanocellular polymer nanocomposite foams are considered as a promising
new class of materials with many promising applications, for example to passively enhance …

Foamability and special applications of microcellular thermoplastic polymers: a review on recent advances and future direction

R Banerjee, SS Ray - Macromolecular Materials and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Nanocarbon-containing polymer composite foams: a review of systems for applications in electromagnetic interference shielding, energy storage, and piezoresistive …

R Banerjee, A Gebrekrstos, JT Orasugh… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper presents recent developments in electrically conducting nanocarbon-containing
polymer composite foams for advanced applications and introduces the knowledge gaps …

[HTML][HTML] Percolation mechanism and effective conductivity of mechanically deformed 3-dimensional composite networks: Computational modeling and experimental …

E Chang, A Ameli, AR Alian, LH Mark, K Yu… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the structural evolution of conductive polymer composites (CPCs) in response to
mechanical deformation (uniaxial and biaxial compressive and tensile strains) is …

Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of microcellular polyimide/in situ thermally reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

H Yang, Z Yu, P Wu, H Zou, P Liu - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A simple and effective method was adopted to fabricate microcellular polyimide (PI)/reduced
graphene oxide (GO)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) nanocomposites. Firstly …