Melt Spinning of Flexible and Conductive Immiscible Thermoplastic/Elastomer Monofilament for Water Detection [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2021 In many textile fields, such as industrial structures or clothes, one way to detect a specific liquid leak is the electrical conductivity variation of a yarn. This yarn can be developed using melt spun of Conductive Polymer Composites (CPCs), which blend
Julie Regnier +3 more
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Application of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) bolus in postmastectomy radiotherapy [PDF]
Breast, 2022 Purpose: To assess the planned dose, in vivo dosimetry, acute skin toxicity, pain, and distress using Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) bolus for postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT).
Pan Gong +6 more
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Effect of the Elastomer Matrix on Thermoplastic Elastomer-Based Strain Sensor Fiber Composites [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 In this study, a thermoplastic elastomer sensor fiber was embedded in an elastomer matrix. The effect of the matrix material on the sensor properties and the piezoresistive behavior of the single fiber-matrix composite system was investigated.
Antonia Georgopoulou +2 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Membrane-Integrated Thermoplastic Elastomer Microfluidic Devices [PDF]
Micromachines, 2020 Leveraging the advantageous material properties of recently developed soft thermoplastic elastomer materials, this work presents the facile and rapid fabrication of composite membrane-integrated microfluidic devices consisting of FlexdymTM polymer and ...
Alexander H. McMillan +5 more
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Recycled thermoplastics modified bitumen improved with thermoplastic elastomer [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The use of different types of recycled plastic waste such as recycled polypropylene (PP), recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and recycled polystyrene (PS), as raw materials for bitumen modification is known.
Akkouri Nacer +4 more
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4D printing with robust thermoplastic polyurethane hydrogel-elastomer trilayers
Materials & Design, 2019 Here we present a new 4D printing technique capable of producing a diverse range of trilayer constructs using commercial low-cost desktop 3D printers.
Anna B. Baker +5 more
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Thermal Behavior of Green Cellulose-Filled Thermoplastic Elastomer Polymer Blends [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 A recently developed cellulose hybrid chemical treatment consists of two steps: solvent exchange (with ethanol or hexane) and chemical grafting of maleic anhydride (MA) on the surface of fibers.
Stefan Cichosz, Anna Masek
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Biorenewable and circular polyolefin thermoplastic elastomers [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPolymers capable of depolymerizing back to their own monomers offer a promising solution to address the challenges in polymer sustainability. Despite significant progress has been achieved in plastics circularity, chemical recycling of thermoplastic ...
Ye Sha +8 more
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A Morphological Study of Dynamically Vulcanized Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene/Styrene-Butylene-Styrene/MethylVinylSilicon Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomer. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2022 Zhao C, Chen X, Chen X.
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Enhanced Recyclability of Thermoplastic Elastomer Toughened Polyamide 6 via Tri- and Multi-epoxy-Terminated POSS Hybrid Additives. [PDF]
ACS OmegaYıldırım R +3 more
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