Can nanoparticles really enhance thermal stability of polymers? Part II: An overview on thermal decomposition of polycondensation polymers

D Bikiaris - Thermochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials since 1990s, the
studies on polymer-based nanocomposites have been extensively focused on their …

An overview of mode of action and analytical methods for evaluation of gas phase activities of flame retardants

KA Salmeia, J Fage, S Liang, S Gaan - Polymers, 2015 - mdpi.com
The latest techniques used to prove, describe and analyze the gas phase activity of a fire
retardant used in polymeric materials are briefly reviewed. Classical techniques, such as …

Stretching induced alignment of graphene nanoplatelets in polyurethane films for superior in-plane thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding

D Mani, MC Vu, CS Lim, JB Kim, TH Jeong, HJ Kim… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid innovation of flexible smart electronics has increased the demand for flexible
thermally conductive films with the high performance of electromagnetic interference …

Stretchable conductive fibers of ultrahigh tensile strain and stable conductance enabled by a worm-shaped graphene microlayer

F Sun, M Tian, X Sun, T Xu, X Liu, S Zhu, X Zhang… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Stretchable electrical conductors have demonstrated promising potentials in a wide range of
wearable electronic devices, but the conductivity of most reported stretchable conductive …

The influence of crude glycerol and castor oil-based polyol on the structure and performance of rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams

A Hejna, M Kirpluks, P Kosmela, U Cabulis… - Industrial Crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, biopolyol obtained from two types of industrial crops' processing products: crude
glycerol and castor oil was used for preparation or rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate …

Pyrolysis and combustion study of flexible polyurethane foam

MA Garrido, R Font - Journal of Analytical and Applied pyrolysis, 2015 - Elsevier
The thermal degradation of flexible polyurethane foam has been studied under different
conditions by thermogravimetric analysis (TG), thermogravimetric analysis-infrared …

New insights into the microbial degradation of polyurethanes

N Mahajan, P Gupta - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Frequent and frequently deliberate release of plastics leads to accumulation of plastic waste
in the environment which is an ever increasing ecological threat. Plastic waste represents 20 …

Fabrication and hemocompatibility assessment of novel polyurethane-based bio-nanofibrous dressing loaded with honey and Carica papaya extract for the …

A Balaji, SK Jaganathan, AF Ismail… - International journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Management of burn injury is an onerous clinical task since it requires continuous
monitoring and extensive usage of specialized facilities. Despite rapid improvizations and …

Soybean oil-based, aqueous cationic polyurethane dispersions: Synthesis and properties

Y Lu, RC Larock - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2010 - Elsevier
A variety of soybean oil-based, aqueous cationic polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) have
been successfully synthesized from methoxylated soybean oil polyols (MSOLs) with …

Mechanisms of Polyethylene Terephthalate Pellet Fragmentation into Nanoplastics and Assimilable Carbons by Wastewater Comamonas

RA Wilkes, N Zhou, AL Carroll, O Aryal… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Comamonadaceae bacteria are enriched on poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET)
microplastics in wastewaters and urban rivers, but the PET-degrading mechanisms remain …