...Nishanth Adithya Chandramouli; Nikil Easwar; Ramakrishnan P.V.; Arunachalam U.; M.P. Jenarthanan Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a mathematical model for predicting the phenomenon of delamination during end milling of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite laminates...

...Amanpreet Singh; Gurmeet Singh; Satish Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the erosion performance of coated and uncoated surfaces of glass fibre-reinforced polymers (GFRP) wind turbine blade material using Taguchi's approach. Taguchi's array (L25) optimized erosion wear...

... concentration of ZnO performed the highest sensitivity among the other concentrations, which can be used to indicate the presence of E. coli bacteria in water. Polymers ZnO NiO Thin film Amperometric sensor E. coli Polymer is a versatile material which has started to attract...

...Zheqing Gong; Lijun Chen Purpose Fluorinated silicon polymers are expected to be adopted in specific coatings to afford outstanding advantages, such as high chemical and photochemical resistance, low surface tension and low refractive index. The modified acrylate resin is prepared via solution...

... microscopy and Image J techniques. Optimization techniques Surfaces Polymers Physical properties Mechanical behaviour of materials Strength of materials Erosion wear The shore hardness of both 3D-printed materials was measured by using a shore hardness (Mitutoyo, Shore-A, Series- 811) tester...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Polymers Epoxy resin Phosphorus–nitrogen synergism Flame retardant Mechanical properties As one of the most famous thermosetting polymer, epoxy resin (EP) has been widely used in adhesives, composite materials, molding compounds, surface coating...

... 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...

...Gözde Konuk Ege; Hüseyin Yüce; Özge Akay; Hasbi Öner; Garip Genç Purpose This paper aims to address the production of biocomposite nanofibers using luffa natural fibers and polyaniline conductive polymer/polyethylene oxides (PANI/PEO). Design/methodology/approach In this study, luffa natural...

...., 2018). However, the presence of long chains has been observed to reduce the heat resistance of the resin (Briou et al., 2018 ; Zhang et al., 2020a ; Anilkumar, 2017 ; Sarika et al., 2020 ; Parameswaran et al., 2010). Coatings Adhesives Polymers Resins...

... surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) as mixed emulsifier. Findings Through optimizing the reaction conditions, the uniform and stable latex is gained. The polymer of structure was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential...

... behaviour of polymer composites is different in dry and in high humidity or water conditions. Experiments were performed to investigate B₂O₃ solid lubricant filler effectiveness on tribological behaviour of water-conditioned polyamide composites. Bonding between polyamide6 and water...

...-570) and bis (2-ethylhexyl) maleate (DOM) were used as functional monomers. Design/methodology/approach The modified acrylate polymer latex was synthesized through the semi-continuous seeded emulsion polymerization with methyl methacrylate (MMA), butyl acrylate (BA), dodecafluoroheptyl...

...Amir Samadi; Reza Amini; Mehran Rostami; Pooneh Kardar; Michele Fedel Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using conductive polymers such as polyaniline (PANI) as corrosion inhibitors for metals. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the effect...

...% RAP instead of using virgin aggregates and asphalt; investigate the effect of thermoplastic elastomer polymer as asphalt modifier; and also improve the mechanical and physical characteristics and consequently improving the quality of asphalt paving, increasing service life of asphalt-paving...

... sulfonate and octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (OP-10). The copolymer latex displayed high elasticity and good stability. Some researchers reported that VAc, butyl acrylate, VeoVa10 with hexafluorobutylmethacrylate (HFMA) functional monomer–polymer latex was prepared via semi-continuous polymerisation...

... in the films remained constant, antibacterial property of films increased first and then decreased with the increase of molecular weight of GPHMG. The structural antibacterial polymer film had more perdurable antibacterial activity than the blended one. Research limitations/implications The grafting...

... nitrogen–phosphorus compound (DPPMP) via a two-step reaction and investigated its flame-retarding efficiency as a single component additive. The addition of DPPMP enhanced the flame retardancy of the polymers, and the V-0 ratings were obtained for the polymers examined in this study at a loading of 7 Wt...

... be contacted at: st.mhaske@ictmumbai.edu.in 11 09 2015 10 12 2015 16 01 2016 04 02 2016 26 03 2016 15 04 2016 07 05 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Coatings Polymers Organic coatings Resins...

... ability of PPG which could find practical application in corrosion control in aqueous acidic environment. The data obtained would form part of database on the synergistic effect of iodide ions addition to polymer to control acid-induced corrosion of metal. Originality/value The use of PPG as corrosion...

... capacitance of supercapacitor (Wang et al., 2012). At present, there are three kinds of electrode materials for supercapacitors: transition metal oxides, conducting polymers and carbon-based materials (Davini, 1990). Carbon-based materials have some advantages (such as low cost, small pollution...