Most Recent Articles from Polymer Engineering and Science

• Mechanical properties and foaming behavior of cellulose fiber reinforced high-density polyethylene composites 

  INTRODUCTION As a result of the general increase in environmental awareness, the use of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites has risen...

  11/01/09 by Takashi Kuboki; Yoon H. Lee; Chul B. Park; Mohini Sain · More from publication

• Effect of rubber types on synthesis, morphology, and properties of ABS resins 

  INTRODUCTION Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin is widely used because of its excellent mechanical property, high thermal stability,...

  11/01/09 by Zhisheng Yu; Yang Li; Zhongfu Zhao; Chaoxian Wang; Juan Yang; Chunqing Zhang; Zhansheng Li; Yurong Wang · More from publication

• Pretreatments of natural fibers and their application as reinforcing material in polymer composites—a review 

  In recent years, natural fibers reinforced composites have received much attention because of their lightweight, nonabrasive, combustible,...

  07/01/09 by Susheel Kalia; B.S. Kaith; Inderjeet Kaur · More from publication

• Facile fabrication of novel Eu-containing copolymer and luminescent properties 

  A new Eu-containing copolymer was successfully fabricated through two steps. First, the Eu-containing monomer was synthesized from 4-Vinylbenzoic...

  07/01/09 by Ziqun Huang; Huaihong Zhang; Jiaxiu Guo; Jianli Wang; Yaoqiang Chen · More from publication

• Synthesis and characterization of styrene butadiene rubber—bentonite clay nanocomposites 

  In the present study, naturally occurring unfractionated bentonite clay was used to prepare styrene butadiene rubber/bentonite clay nanocomposite...

  07/01/09 by Sugata Chakraborty; Rajatendu Sengupta; Saikat Dasgupta; Rabindra Mukhopadhyay; Samar Bandyopadhyay; Mangala Joshi; Suresh C. Ameta · More from publication

• Anisotropic mechanical properties of hot-pressed PVDF membranes with higher fiber alignments via electrospinning 

  By the use of a high-speed collection drum, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was electrospun into aligned ultrafine fibrous membranes from its...

  07/01/09 by Haining Na; Qunying Li; Hua Sun; Ci Zhao; Xiaoyan Yuan · More from publication

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