...Laiming Yu; Yaqin Fu; Yubing Dong Purpose The purpose of this study is to improve the mechanical property and processing performance and reduce the cost of the polylacticacid/polybutyleneadipate-co-terephthalate(PLA/PBAT) composites, the calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) and compatibilizer...

...Emad S. Shafik; Nehad N. Rozik; Nadia F. Youssef; Salwa L. Abd-El-Messieh Purpose The purpose of this study is to utilize two types of gypsum mold wastes from two different factories as novel and economical reinforcing fillers for composites that may be useful for building materials and floors...

... on the parameters, to develop the linear regression equation and to find the significant considerable wear process parameters based on output responses like wear loss (WL) and coefficient of friction (COF) value of polymer matrix composites (PMC) specimen of Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)/cellulose composite...

... propylene diene monomer (EPDM) through the mixing process of rubber. The composites were prepared using different loadings of silica fume and commercial silica in EPDM and NBR composites. Structural characterization of silica and SF was done using X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy (SEM...

... 10 2019 20 11 2019 18 12 2019 04 01 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Composites Epoxy resins Nanotechnology Strength of materials Interfacial adhesion MWCNTs Thiokol oligomer Epoxy resins...

...Hongsheng Luo; Yangrong Yao; Huankai Zhou; Shaoying Wu; Guobin Yi; Xuran He; Jiyuan Yang; Yan Jiang; Zhengwen Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the interfacial effect on mechanical properties of the cellulose nano crystal (CNC)–shape memory polymer (SMP) composites by using...

...Iresha Herath; Ishanie Perera; Champika Hettiarachchi Purpose Use of highly dye doped nano composite for organic pollutant degradation. Design/methodology/approach One-pot synthesis of titanium nano-particles were carried out in the presence of N719 dye. Findings High dye doping...

... In this study, phenolic-based microspheres are taken as modifiers to prepare PAN-based fiber composites by electrospinning, pre-oxidation and carbonization. Pearl-chain structures appear in RFC/ACF composites, and pure polyacrylonitrile fibers show a dense network. The shape and cross-linking degree are large...

... to the environmental issue. Maryam Ataeefard can be contacted at: ataeefard-m@icrc.ac.ir 27 01 2019 20 02 2019 28 03 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Composites Conductive film Magnetron sputtering Laser printed...

.... Composites Coating Porous material DPPH Antioxidant capacity Dopamine Peptides It is well-known that protein is a necessary component of the diet for humans and other mammals. However, a necessary process of hydrolysis of protein must be done to liberate bioactive peptides. It has been reported...

...Lien Zhu; Di Wu; Baolong Wang; Jing Zhao; Zheng Jin; Kai Zhao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find a new method to reinforce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with polyacrylonitrile fibers (PAN). Furthermore, the crystallinity, viscoelasticity and thermal properties of HDPE composites have...

... be contacted at: dongxingzhang@163.com 14 06 2016 04 09 2016 28 12 2016 11 03 2017 23 03 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Composites Absorption Bending load Collective effects Desorption Hygrothermal...

... with different concentrations of N-cetyl-N, N, N-triethyl ammonium bromide. A series of SBR composites reinforced with OB were prepared using master-batch method. Design/methodology/approach The curing characteristics, mechanical properties, thermal behavior, dielectric properties and morphology of SBR/OB...

... properties of MWCNTs/epoxy composites at different weight fractions were evaluated by performing tensile tests and dynamic mechanical analysis tests. Also, gel contents were examined. Findings It was found that addition of nanotubes monomer to epoxy formulations had significant effect on the viscoelastic...

..., these resins have a major drawback of low toughness, and they are also very brittle, which limits their application in products that require high impact and fracture strength. Practical implications Epoxy resins have been widely used as high-performance adhesives and matrix resins for composites because...

...A. Ravi; T. Praveen; Chepuri R.K Rao; Ramanuj Narayan; K.V.S.N. Raju Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to get the insulating polyurethane (PU) as conductive type polymer by compositing with oligoanilines, namely, tetraaniline (TANi) with an implication of its use as anti-corrosion coating...

...Svetlana Butylina; Marko Hyvärinen; Timo Kärki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the resistance of wood-polypropylene and wood-wollastonite-polypropylene composites containing pigments to natural weathering. Design/methodology/approach – Natural weathering of composites...

...Salwa H El-Sabbagh; Doaa S. Mahmoud; M. F. Zawrah; Nivin M. Ahmed; Magdy W. Sabaa Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of organobentonite (OB) as reinforcing filler in acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR). The composites were prepared using different loadings of OB...

...Salwa H El-Sabbagh; Nivin M. Ahmed Purpose – This paper aims to express in detail the rheological, morphological and thermal properties of unpigmented and pigmented styrene-butadiene rubber composites with new prepared inorganic pigment based on kaolin covered with a thin layer of calcium...

... of the pigments on printing toner characteristics were done for the first time. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Emulsions Composites Colourant Laser jet printer Electrophotography Toner is a pigmented polymer composite used in electrophotographic printing. In the past two decades...