Smart fire-warning materials and sensors: Design principle, performances, and applications

LY Lv, CF Cao, YX Qu, GD Zhang, L Zhao… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire safety and prevention of combustible materials are of paramount importance in modern
society but have been a global challenge. Frequent fire disasters cause massive casualties …

Flame-retardant surface treatments

ST Lazar, TJ Kolibaba, JC Grunlan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Flame retardants mitigate the threat of fire from inherently flammable materials responsible
for sustaining a high standard of living. Although bulk flame retardants have proven effective …

Bamboo charcoal fused with polyurethane foam for efficiently removing organic solvents from wastewater: experimental and simulation

Z Wang, L Hu, M Zhao, L Dai, D Hrynsphan, S Tatsiana… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
The development of a multifunctional oil adsorbing material which could effectively and
quickly separate oily wastewater is one of the focuses in water environment restoration. In …

Recent advances in graphene sheets as new generation of flame retardant materials

NF Attia, SEA Elashery, AM Zakria, AS Eltaweil… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymeric and textile based materials constitute the majority of market products, however,
due to their low thermal stability and high flammability hazards, their uses are limited in …

[HTML][HTML] Water-based hybrid coatings toward mechanically flexible, super-hydrophobic and flame-retardant polyurethane foam nanocomposites with high-efficiency …

KY Guo, Q Wu, M Mao, H Chen, GD Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flammability feature of combustible polymer foam materials often causes massive casualties
and property loss, and it is therefore urgent to develop a green and high-efficiency strategy …

MXene/chitosan nanocoating for flexible polyurethane foam towards remarkable fire hazards reductions

B Lin, ACY Yuen, A Li, Y Zhang, TBY Chen, B Yu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
MXene/chitosan nanocoating for flexible polyurethane foam (PUF) was prepared via layer-
by-layer (LbL) approach. MXene (Ti 3 C 2) ultra-thin nanosheets were obtained through …

Chitosan-based smart hybrid materials: A physico-chemical perspective

G Cavallaro, S Micciulla, L Chiappisi… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chitosan is one of the most studied cationic polysaccharides. Due to its unique
characteristics of being water soluble, biocompatible, biodegradable, and non-toxic, this …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-coating engineering for flame retardant flexible polyurethane foams: A critical review

H Yang, B Yu, P Song, C Maluk, H Wang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Flexible polyurethane foams (FPUFs) have been extensively used in furniture, carpet,
automobiles, etc., due to their superior thermal insulation, low bulk density and superior …

Physico-mechanical and thermodynamic properties of mycelium-based biocomposites: a review

C Girometta, AM Picco, RM Baiguera, D Dondi… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reducing the use of non-renewable resources is a key strategy of a circular economy.
Mycelium-based foams and sandwich composites are an emerging category of …

Advancements in nanomaterial based flame-retardants for polymers: a comprehensive overview

V Sharma, S Agarwal, A Mathur, S Singhal… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flame-retardants play a crucial role in enhancing the fire safety of various materials.
However, the use of traditional halogenated flame-retardants has raised concerns due to …