Rational formulations of sustainable polyurethane/chitin/rosin composites reinforced with ZnO-doped-SiO2 nanoparticles for green packaging applications

H Moustafa, NA Darwish, AM Youssef - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide chitin (CH) was modified by antimicrobial natural gum rosin as a
biocompatible agent within the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer to form the …

Self-healable sticky porous elastomer for gas-solid interacted power generation

J Xiong, G Thangavel, J Wang, X Zhou, PS Lee - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
A previously unknown gas-solid interacted power generation is developed using
triboelectric effect. We designed an adhesive, gas-tight, and self-healing supramolecular …

Castor oil based polyurethane adhesives for wood-to-wood bonding

KP Somani, SS Kansara, NK Patel… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Most adhesives are polymeric adhesives and if made from renewable sources they will have
low cost and biodegradability which are of importance. In view of these properties we …

Recent advances in structural modifications of hyperbranched polymers and their applications

SI Bhat, Y Ahmadi, S Ahmad - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hyperbranched polymers (HPs) are a subclass of dendritic polymers, having globular and
highly branched structure, containing a number of functional groups emerging from a core …

A comprehensive investigation on 3D printing of polyamide 11 and thermoplastic polyurethane via multi jet fusion

WS Tey, C Cai, K Zhou - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) is a recently developed polymeric powder bed fusion (PBF) additive
manufacturing technique that has received considerable attention in the industrial and …

Morphology and thermal properties of polyurethane elastomer based on representative structural chain extenders

W Lei, C Fang, X Zhou, Y Cheng, R Yang, D Liu - Thermochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Since polyurethane elastomer (PUE) is widely used in many fields, it is always the popular
topic in the scientific research. In this paper 1, 4-butanediol (1, 4-BDO), neopentyl glycol …

Thermoplastic polyurethane-based polycarbonate diol hot melt adhesives: The effect of hard-soft segment ratio on adhesion properties

C Wongsamut, R Suwanpreedee… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (PCD-TPUs) were synthesized
from polyhexamethylene carbonate diol, 4, 4-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 1, 4 …

XRD studies of polyurethane elastomers based on chitin/1, 4-butane diol blends

KM Zia, IA Bhatti, M Barikani, M Zuber, HN Bhatti - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2009 - Elsevier
Chitin based polyurethane elastomers (PUEs) were synthesized by step growth
polymerization techniques using poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL), 4, 4′-diphenylmethane …

Influence of the composition on the crystallinity and adhesion properties of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers

MS Sánchez-Adsuar - International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2000 - Elsevier
Crystallinity and adhesion properties of nine thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) prepared
by varying the hard-to-soft segments ratio, the molecular weight of the macroglycol (related …

The influence of electron beam irradiation conducted in air on the thermal, chemical, structural and surface properties of medical grade polyurethane

KA Murray, JE Kennedy, B McEvoy, O Vrain… - European polymer …, 2013 - Elsevier
It is well known that polyurethane (PU) provides good irradiation resistance; however,
extremely high irradiation doses can alter the structure and/or function of macromolecules …