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The Future of Swelling Elastomers: An Elastomer Manufacturer's View of Swelling Elastomer Developments and Market Trends

The Journal of Engineering Research, 2013
Swelling elastomers have gained acceptance as very effective products for creating sealing in various industries, including those creating energy from fossil fuels and geothermal resources.
R Seyger, S Resink, H Harms, R Hibberd
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Recent Progress in Advanced Polyester Elastomers for Tissue Engineering and Bioelectronics

Molecules, 2023
Polyester elastomers are highly flexible and elastic materials that have demonstrated considerable potential in various biomedical applications including cardiac, vascular, neural, and bone tissue engineering and bioelectronics.
Yawei Zhao, Wen Zhong
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Fast photocurable thiol-ene elastomers with tunable biodegradability, mechanical and surface properties enhance myoblast differentiation and contractile function

Bioactive Materials, 2021
Biodegradable elastomers are important emerging biomaterials for biomedical applications, particularly in the area of soft-tissue engineering in which scaffolds need to match the physicochemical properties of native tissues.
Mohamed Alaa Mohamed, Aref Shahini, Nika Rajabian, Julia Caserto, Ahmed M.A. El-Sokkary, Magda A. Akl, Stelios T. Andreadis, Chong Cheng   +7 more
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A comprehensive review on advancements of elastomers for engineering applications

Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, 2023
Researchers frequently turn to the adaptable material known as elastomers for various industrial products, including soft robotics, astronautics equipment, vehicles, tissue engineering, self-healing, and constructional materials.
Ibrahim M. Alarifi
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Lightweight and highly absorptive expanding TPU composite foams for electromagnetic interference shielding with excellent electrical insulation and low thermal conductivity

Results in Engineering
With the rapid advancement of modern communication and electronic technologies, there is an increasing demand for polymer composites integrating multiple functionalities, such as electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, thermal insulation ...
Mingpu Li, Linli Tan, Zhiwei Wang, Liu Qin, Qiong Long, Lv Liu   +5 more
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The Influence of Material Model of the Polyurethane Elastomer on the FEM Calculations Quality for the Various Modes of Loading

Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2017
The paper presents research to verify the effectiveness of nine selected material models of elastomeric materials based on uniaxial tension test. Basing on the cyclic uniaxial tension test of elastomers sample, the stress-strain characteristic for the ...
Kut S., Ryzińska G., Niedziałek B.
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Properties of elastomers for small-joint replacements [PDF]

, 2009
Silicones are used to manufacture finger and wrist joints. However these joints have fractured prematurely in vivo. There is a lack of literature on the mechanical properties of silicones.
Mahomed, Aziza
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Composites Based on Waste Printed Circuit Boards (WPCB) and Waste Polypropylene

Proceedings, 2019
The high amount of plastics, which are durable, lightweight, and cheap materials, is one of themajor current ecological concerns [...]
Elena Ramona Andrei, Madalina Elena David, Ramona Marina Grigorescu, Paul Ghioca, Lorena Iancu, Rodica-Mariana Ion, Mircea Filipescu, Raluca Gabor, Cristian Andi Nicolae, Bogdan Spurcaciu, Laurentiu Marin   +10 more
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Improved the dielectric properties of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer filled with MXene nanosheets and BaTiO3 nanofibers

Polymer Testing, 2022
To achieve high deformation under a low electric field intensity is still a big challenge for the dielectric elastomers (DE) potentially used in artificial electronic skin and artificial muscles.
Zhaoxia Luo, Liqun Zhang, Yongri Liang, Shipeng Wen, Li Liu   +4 more
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The Influence of Lubrication on Two-body Abrasive Wear of Sealing Elastomers Under Reciprocating Sliding Conditions

, 2010
Elastomeric seals are prone to failure caused by abrasion during sliding against rough surfaces. In this research, the two-body abrasive wear of some selected sealing elastomers (nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, acrylic rubber, and fluoro ...
B. Prakash, Prakash, Braham,, M. Mofidi, Mofidi, Mohammadreza,   +3 more
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