Degradation of polymer blends: A brief review

FP La Mantia, M Morreale, L Botta, MC Mistretta… - Polymer Degradation …, 2017 - Elsevier
The usefulness of any material, including polymer blends, depends on its degradability and
durability. The blend composition can significantly affect the degradative behavior of a …

Development and characterization of rice husk and recycled polypropylene composite filaments for 3D printing

MA Morales, CL Atencio Martinez, A Maranon… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays the use of natural fiber composites has gained significant interest due to their low
density, high availability, and low cost. The present study explores the development of …

NORM waste, cements, and concretes. A review

F Puertas, JA Suárez-Navarro, M Alonso López… - 2021 - digital.csic.es
The use of industrial waste and/or by-products as alternative sources of raw materials in
building materials has become standard practice. The result, more sustainable construction …

MOF-derived Co2+-doped TiO2 nanoparticles as photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

R Krishnapriya, C Nizamudeen, B Saini… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Facile synthesis and application of nano-sized semiconductor metal oxides for
optoelectronic devices have always affected fabrication challenges since it involves multi …

Characterization of fuel produced by pyrolysis of plastic film obtained of municipal solid waste

L Quesada, M Calero, MA Martín-Lara, A Pérez… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The plastics have produced a lot of serious environmental problems because there are large
quantities of which the majority ends up in landfills or even in the seas. In addition, they are …

Effect of materials mixture on the higher heating value: Case of biomass, biochar and municipal solid waste

I Boumanchar, Y Chhiti, FEM Alaoui, A El Ouinani… - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
The heating value describes the energy content of any fuel. In this study, this parameter was
evaluated for different abundant materials in Morocco (two types of biochar, plastic, synthetic …

Investigation on the durability of E-Glass/Epoxy composite exposed to seawater at elevated temperature

AH Idrisi, AHI Mourad, BM Abdel-Magid, B Shivamurty - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this manuscript, the durability of the E-glass/epoxy composite was determined under a
seawater environment. The effect of harsh environment was investigated in terms of …

Improving the mechanical performance of LDPE/PP blends through microfibrillation

C Rosales, N Aranburu, I Otaegi… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins (polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP)) are the most abundant polymers
found in plastic solid waste. They are expensive to separate, and recycling them in the form …

Fabrication of porous bone scaffolds using alginate and bioactive glass

J Hatton, GR Davis, AHI Mourad… - Journal of functional …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Porous composite scaffold using an alginate and bioactive glass ICIE16M was synthesized
by a simple freeze-drying technique. The scaffold was characterized using compression …

Impact of prolonged exposure of eleven years to hot seawater on the degradation of a thermoset composite

AH Idrisi, AHI Mourad, MM Sherif - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a long-term experimental investigation of E-glass/epoxy composites'
durability exposed to seawater at different temperatures. The thermoset composite samples …