Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials from thermoplastic elastomers [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Scaled manufacturing of ordered mesoporous materials has been historically challenging. This work reports a simple and generalizable method to directly convert low-cost thermoplastic elastomers to mesoporous polymer, carbon, and silica, with controlled ...
Mark Robertson +5 more
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Lignin-dynamic networks break the strength–toughness trade-off in thermoplastic elastomers [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe long-standing trade-off between strength and toughness has constrained the performance of thermoplastic elastomers. Here, we address this challenge by constructing a three-dimensional supramolecular network in a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer ...
Peng Zhao +7 more
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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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Facile Patterning of Thermoplastic Elastomers and Robust Bonding to Glass and Thermoplastics for Microfluidic Cell Culture and Organ-on-Chip [PDF]
Micromachines, 2021 The emergence and spread of microfluidics over the last decades relied almost exclusively on the elastomer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The main reason for the success of PDMS in the field of microfluidic research is its suitability for rapid prototyping
Stefan Schneider +4 more
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Study of the Influence of the Manufacturing Parameters on Tensile Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomers [PDF]
Polymers, 2022 Jordi Llumà +2 more
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A Sensorized Soft Pneumatic Actuator Fabricated with Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing
Actuators, 2021 Soft pneumatic actuators with a channel network (pneu-net) based on thermoplastic elastomers are compatible with fused deposition modeling (FDM). However, conventional filament-based fused deposition modeling (FDM) printers are not well suited for ...
Antonia Georgopoulou +3 more
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Applicability of Thermoplastic Elastomers to Impact Load Reduction in Sports Equipment
Proceedings, 2020 In this paper, mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers were investigated to expand the applicability of thermoplastic elastomers to the impact load reduction for the sports equipment.
Akihiro Matsuda, Shigeru Kawahara
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Barocaloric Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomers
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 Solid-state refrigeration represents a promising alternative to vapor compression refrigeration systems which are inefficient, unreliable, and have a high global warming potential. However, several solid-state cooling technologies—including those relying
Naveen Weerasekera +5 more
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Current trends in bio‐based elastomer materials
SusMat, 2022 Elastomers play an irreplaceable role in our society due to their unique properties. Natural rubber is directly obtained from plants and is widely used in tires, shoes, etc.
Shuai Tang +7 more
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Synthesis of thermoplastic poly(ester-olefin) elastomers [PDF]
Hemijska Industrija, 2004 A series of thermoplastic poly(ester-olefin) elastomers, based on poly(ethylene-stat-butylene), HO-PEB-OH, as the soft segment and poly (butylene terephthalate), PBT, as the hard segment, were synthesized by a catalyzed transesterification reaction in ...
Tanasijević Branka +3 more
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