Continuous Production of Water-Borne Polyurethanes: A Review
Polymers, 2020 Water-borne polyurethanes are novel functional polymers that use water as the dispersion medium. When compared with solvent-borne polyurethanes, water-borne polyurethanes are more environmentally friendly and easier to transport and store.
Xuehua Liu, Wei Hong, Xudong Chen
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The Vaginal Microbiota, Bacterial Biofilms and Polymeric Drug-Releasing Vaginal Rings
Pharmaceutics, 2021 The diversity and dynamics of the microbial species populating the human vagina are increasingly understood to play a pivotal role in vaginal health. However, our knowledge about the potential interactions between the vaginal microbiota and vaginally ...
Louise Carson +6 more
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Advances in intrinsic self-healing polyurethanes and related composites
RSC Advances, 2020 Fascinating and challenging, the development of repairable materials with long-lasting, sustainable and high-performance properties is a key-parameter to provide new advanced materials.
B. Willocq +3 more
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Quantification and Visualization of Fungal Degradation of Polyurethane Foam in Homes [PDF]
, 2020 People spend 90% of their time in the indoor environment including homes. Homes contain many exposures that can cause harm to human health, and one harmful exposure potentially comes from the degradation of polyurethanes.
Campbell, Iona
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Recycling of Polyurethanes: where we are and where we are going to
Green ChemistryPolyurethanes (PUs) represent a family of useful synthetic polymers (thermoplastic or thermosetting) obtained from polycondensation reactions between diisocyanates and diols/polyols.
Gabriele Rossignolo, Giulio Malucelli
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An Insight into the Structural Diversity and Clinical Applicability of Polyurethanes in Biomedicine
Polymers, 2020 Due to their mechanical properties, ranging from flexible to hard materials, polyurethanes (PUs) have been widely used in many industrial and biomedical applications.
L. Rusu +4 more
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Molecules, 2023 Due to growing concerns about environmental issues and the decline of petroleum-based resources, the synthesis of new biobased compounds for the polymer industry has become a prominent and timely topic.
Aliénor Delavarde +4 more
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Application of fuzzy linear regression models for predicting tumor size of colorectal cancer in Malaysia's Hospital [PDF]
, 2015 Fuzzy linear regression analysis has become popular among researchers and standard model in analysing data vagueness phenomena. These models were represented by five statistical models such as multiple linear regression, fuzzy linear regression (Tanaka),
Ahmad Hilmi Azman +7 more
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Lignin-Based Polyurethanes: Opportunities for Bio-Based Foams, Elastomers, Coatings and Adhesives
Polymers, 2019 Polyurethane chemistry can yield diverse sets of polymeric materials exhibiting a wide range of properties for various applications and market segments.
M. Alinejad +8 more
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Air breakdown characteristics in plane-plane and sphere gap electrode configuration under lightning impulse [PDF]
, 2014 This report describes the air breakdown characteristics in plane-plane and sphere gap electrode configuration under lightning impulse. The breakdown in air (spark breakdown) is the transition of a non-sustaining discharge into a self sustaining ...
Rosdi, Hairierosniza
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