High Porosity Poly(ether ketone ketone): Influence of Solvents on Foam Properties
Poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) is a semicrystalline high‐performance polymer with exceptional mechanical properties, high continuous operation temperature, and is insoluble in most common solvents.
Dmitrii Rusakov +2 more
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Flexible thin polymer waveguide Bragg grating sensor foils for strain sensing [PDF]
This paper demonstrates that epoxy-based single mode polymer waveguides with Bragg gratings can be realized in very thin (down to 50 micron) polymer foils which are suitable for strain sensing when integrated inside glass fiber reinforced polymer ...
Chiesura, Gabriele +5 more
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Infrared Optical Switch Using a Movable Liquid Droplet
We report an infrared (IR) optical switch using a wedge-like cell. A glycerol droplet is placed in the cell and its surrounding is filled with silicone oil. The droplet has minimal surface area to volume (SA/V) ratio in the relaxing state.
Miao Xu +3 more
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Determining the PE fraction in recycled PP
The presence of a polyethylene (PE) fraction in recycled polypropylene (PP) will influence the processing as well as mechanical and thermal properties of recycled polypropylene. The objective of this work has been to compare methods used to determine the
Åge G. Larsen +2 more
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The effect of different metallic counterface materials and different surface treatments on the wear and friction of polyamide 66 and its composite in rolling-sliding contact [PDF]
Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00431648 Copyright Elsevier B. V. DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(03)00054-1The effect of different metallic counterface materials and different surface treatments on the tribological
Chen, Y.K. +4 more
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Tunable Focus Liquid Lens with Radial-Patterned Electrode
A dielectric liquid lens is prepared based on our previous work. By optimizing the device structure, the liquid lens presents a converging focus with good resolution and changes its focal length over a broad range with a low driving voltage. For a liquid
Miao Xu, Xiahui Wang, Hongwen Ren
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Membrane science is a state-of-the-art environmentally green technology that ascertains superior advantages over traditional counterparts for CO2 capture and separation.
Asif Jamil +6 more
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Polyisoprene Captured Sulfur Nanocomposite Materials for High-Areal-Capacity Lithium Sulfur Battery [PDF]
A polyisoprene-sulfur (PIPS) copolymer and nano sulfur composite material (90 wt % sulfur) is synthesized through inverse vulcanization of PIP polymer with micrometer-sized sulfur particles for high-areal-capacity lithium sulfur batteries.
Fang, C +7 more
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Direct processing of structural thermoplastic composites using rapid isothermal stamp forming [PDF]
A novel rapid isothermal stamp forming process is proposed which enables the rapid manufacture of structural thermoplastic composite laminate parts directly from multilayer hybrid fabrics comprising stitched unidirectional carbon fibre-thermoplastic ...
Awang-Ngah, S. +3 more
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Synthesis of a new furan-bearing triazine dichloride compound
Donor-acceptor compounds have been receiving increased attention lately, especially in opto-electronic applications. In this work, a novel compound named triazine-furan, comprised of a triazine acceptor moiety and a furan donor side group, was designed ...
Thi Thuy Dung Phung +3 more
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