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Toward Eco-Friendly Solar Still: Enhancement of Solar Still Productivity Using Ground Tire Rubber

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
In the present study, the experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding recycled ground tire rubber in the basin of a single-slope solar still unit with a paddle wheel device to improve its performance.
Mohammad N. Fares Fares, Mohammed Al-Saad, Heider H.J. Almutter, Mohammad A. Al-Mayyahi, Mustafa M. Alfaize, Raheem Al-Sabur   +5 more
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Recycled Tire Fibers Used as Reinforcement for Recycled Polyethylene Composites

Fibers, 2023
This study proposes a simple approach to separate most rubber particles from recycled tire fibers (RTFs) and to determine their rubber content using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)/calcination.
Hossein Kazemi, Ali Fazli, Jean Philippe Ira, Denis Rodrigue   +3 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Laboratory testing and field application of devulcanized rubber/SBS composite modified asphalt

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023
Styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer (SBS) and recycled tire rubber are the typical polymers for asphalt modification. The dispersion of crumb tire rubber (CTR) dominates the composite effect of rubberized asphalt.
Lu Zhang, Hanbing Wang, Chuanping Zhang, Shifeng Wang   +3 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compaction Characteristics and Mechanical Response of Gravel–Glass–Rubber Mixtures

Applied Sciences
From a geotechnical engineering viewpoint, recycling and reuse of crushed glass and tire rubber can significantly help reduce the demand for natural resources (i.e., sand and gravel aggregates).
Gabriele Chiaro, Arjun Murali, Sean Rees
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

A Sustainable Bio‐Based Epoxy Thermoset as a High‐Performance Alternative to BPA‐Based Resins

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rigid–flexible bio‐based epoxy network integrates soybean oil, lignin, and maleic anhydride to overcome the strength–toughness–sustainability trade‐off of conventional BPA epoxy. The thermoset delivers excellent performance as both a structural adhesive and a matrix for glass‐fabric composites, while enabling pH‐responsive degradation, environmental ...
Jiyun Qi, Xinyi Hui, Xipeng Zhang, Jia‐Long Wen, Tong‐Qi Yuan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation on the mechanical properties of rubberized steel fiber concrete

Engineering Structures and Technologies, 2017
Researchers investigated the utilization of crumb rubber aggregate recycled from waste tire in concrete to solve the problem of discarded tire and to produce a green sustainable concrete.
Ahmed Tareq Noaman, Badorul Hisham Abu Bakar, Hazizan Md. Akil   +2 more
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Adaptive Conductive Systems: Enabling Deformable Electronics Through Engineered Materials, Circuits, and Intelligent Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review presents the research advances of adaptive conductive systems from the perspective of materials, circuits, systems, and applications. Deformable conductors consist of substrates/matrices and conductive materials, structural design of circuit interconnections, fabrication of circuit interconnections, as well as intelligent systems ...
Yufei Lu, Siyu Liang, Jingyi Niu, Jie Chen, Shuo Zhang, Hongjian Zhang, Dongsheng Jia, Wei Huang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source