The use of additives from alternative sources to petrochemical has attracted the interest of many academic researches and applications. The inputs as soybean oil have great potential in the polymer modification. However, ...

The interaction modes of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) of closed cages with distinct functional groups were evaluated on isotactic polypropylene (iPP) nanostructuration via reactive processing. POSS were ...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of the addition of a plasticizer – triethyl citrate (TEC) – on the thermal and mechanical properties of biodegradable polymer nanocomposites based on poly(hydroxybutyrat ...

In this work were investigated the morphological, themal and rheological properties of a isotactic polypropylene/ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber/nanoclay Cloisite 15A composite, prepared by mixed melt and submitted ...

Composites of high density polyethylene (HDPE) with waste textile fiber (WTF) with optimized mechanical properties were developed in order to make possible the recycling these residues. In order to accomplish this goal, ...

The present work aims to analyze the mechanical, thermal, dynamicalmechanical thermal properties and morphology of composites based on recycled polystyrene and wood flour. Composites with different types and levels of ...

Rubber compositions of copoly(butadiene-styrene) (SBR) with incorporation of an expanded residue from shoe industry (SBR scraps) were developed aiming later application to obtain cellular composites.n The amounts of the ...

This work investigated the preparation and obtaining of nanocrystalline cellulose (cellulose whiskers or cellulose nanocrystals) for use in polysulfone composite membranes prepared by phase inversion method. Preparation ...

In this study nanotubes/epoxy composites were produced in order to evaluate which of the two studied techniques would result in a better degree of dispersion and unentanglement of carbon nanotubes in epoxy resin. The ...

In this work, thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) were synthesized in solution process and reactive extrusion in twin-screw extruder. The TPUs were obtained with the use of pre-polymer based on 4,4´-Methylenediphenyl ...