{"title":"Influence of ion beam and silver nanoparticles on dielectric properties of flexible PVA/PANI polymer composite films","authors":"M. M. Abdelhamied, A. Abdelreheem, A. Atta","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1928998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1928998","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this work, a solution cast technique was used to prepare flexible nanocomposite films of PVA/PANI/Ag with different concentrations of PANI and AgNPs. The samples were described by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and infrared spectroscopy, which confirmed the successful synthesis of the nanocomposite films. After that, the PVA/10%PANI/6%Ag nanocomposite film was irradiated by different influences of the oxygen ion beam (8 × 1017, 16 × 1017, and 24 × 1017 ions/cm2). The Ac conductivity, dielectric properties, electric modulus, complex impedance behaviour, and the energy density efficiency of the non-irradiated and irradiated films were measured in the frequency range of 100–106 Hz. The results revealed significant changes in these parameters with an increase in concentrations of PANI and Ag nanoparticles inside the host and also with ion beam irradiation. The reported improvements in this study would open the road for appropriating the unirradiated and irradiated nanocomposite films for electromagnetic shielding and optoelectronic applications.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14658011.2021.1928998","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72531410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Karaca, Ilkay Ozsev Yuksek, N. Uçar, A. Onen, Murat Çağlar Baydoğan, C. Kırbaş
{"title":"Experimental analysis of sound absorption effect of specially developed elastomeric thin thermoplastic polyurethane sub-micron fibre web layers placed on rigid layer and flexible layers","authors":"N. Karaca, Ilkay Ozsev Yuksek, N. Uçar, A. Onen, Murat Çağlar Baydoğan, C. Kırbaş","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1926746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1926746","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to determine the effect of sub-micron fibre web layers on sound absorption properties when they are placed on rigid substrate and flexible substrate. Elastomeric thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and composite TPU/PS (polystyrene) sub-micron fibre webs with both rigid glass fibre fabric reinforced epoxy composites (GFEC) and flexible polypropylene (PP) spunbond nonwovens have been examined. Elastomeric TPU sub-micron fibres and TPU/PS fibre web before and after soxhlet extraction were studied. Even though a thin layer of (less than 1 mm) electrospun sub-micron fibres were used with GFEC, sound absorption coefficient (SAC) improved from 0.1 to 0.4. Maximum SAC is drawn back to lower frequency (from 1250 to 500–630 Hz), when sub-micron fibre web is used on nonwoven. In conclusion, the mechanism of elastomeric thin sub-micron fibre webs on sound absorption for rigid GFEC and for flexible nonwoven is totally different than each other.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"99 1","pages":"507 - 515"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79306802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingdan Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Yinghong Chen, Bing Yang
{"title":"Preparation of efficiently intumescent-flame-retarded polypropylene composite: synergistic effect of novel phosphorus-containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane","authors":"Mingdan Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Yinghong Chen, Bing Yang","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1924480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1924480","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, the laboratory-synthesized single-component intumescent flame retardant (IFR) and the phosphorus-containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (P-POSS) as a novel synergist were combined to be applied in preparation of the halogen-free flame-retarded (FR) polypropylene (PP) composite. The involved structure, property and flame-retarding mechanism were systematically investigated. The experimental results show that incorporation of only 1.0 wt-% loading of P-POSS remarkably enhances the flame-retarding property and mechanical performance of FR PP composite, exhibiting the efficiently synergistic effect. The synergistic effect of P-POSS is explained by the reinforcing effect of its decomposition products SiO2 and phosphoric acid-based compounds on the condensed-phase char layers. Also, the incorporated 1.0 wt-% P-POSS particles significantly improve the dispersion of IFR fillers and the interfacial compatibility. The prepared FR PP composite possesses excellent comprehensive properties including a comparable mechanical performance of pure PP and flame retardancy (1.6 mm UL94 V-0 rating), and exhibits a good application prospect.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"25 1","pages":"464 - 476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87336643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuzhou Wang, Qiaoyu Liang, Shuhui Liu, Z. Yan, Xiang Yu, Tao Wang
{"title":"Covalent functionalisation by cycloaddition reaction of pristine graphene based on Diels–Alder chemistry and its reinforcement for polyamide 66 fibres","authors":"Yuzhou Wang, Qiaoyu Liang, Shuhui Liu, Z. Yan, Xiang Yu, Tao Wang","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1924454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1924454","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A solvent-free and easy method to directly functionalize pristine graphene by maleic anhydride (MA) based on Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction was reported. Functionalized graphene/Polyamide 66 (FGN/PA66) composite fibers were fabricated by melt-spinning as a potential industrial application. The results show that the functionalized graphene has compatibilized the interface and increased the dispersibility in the PA66 matrix, which leads to an improvement in mechanical properties. When the content of filler was 0.2 wt%, the fracture strength of graphene/PA66 and FGN/PA66 composite fibers reached the maximum value of 584 MPa and 678 MPa, respectively, which were 88.4% and 118.8% higher than that of pure PA66 fiber. It’s believed the functionalized graphene will facilitate the industrial scale fabrication of graphene based composite and the FGN/PA66 composite fibers with higher mechanical properties will expand the application of PA66.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"65 1","pages":"496 - 506"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85821117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The elasticity and the piezoelectricity of thick composites of silicone rubber matrix and aligned piezoelectric ceramic particles","authors":"Shogo Mamada, Tatsuya Ohta, M. Yamato","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1918986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1918986","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT ‘Aligned-type’ piezoelectric rubber is a composite of piezoelectric ceramic, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) particles, which are aligned in a silicone rubber matrix. The aligned-type piezoelectric rubber has both elasticity and piezoelectricity. PZT, a piezoelectric ceramic, does not have elasticity. Also, piezoelectric polymers such as polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) have elasticity but can only form a thin film. The conventional aligned-type piezoelectric rubber (CAT) is as thin as about 2 mm, has a high spring constant. Therefore, a thick aligned-type piezoelectric rubber (TAT), having a thickness of 10 mm was fabricated by a new method, the “inversion method”. The TAT was possible to reduce the spring constant to less than 1/5 of that of the CAT while maintaining the piezoelectricity (d33) equivalent to the CAT. Also, the d33 of the TAT is more than twice that of PVDF, and it is Young’s modulus is less than 1/200 that of PVDF.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"80 1","pages":"455 - 463"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79317292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influences of graphene oxide/sulphonated polyethersulphone nanoplatelets on the wettability, nanomechanical and tribological performances of polyethersulphone composites under various relative humidity conditions","authors":"Yahong Xue, S. Yan, Zhaoding Wang","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1919364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1919364","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Graphene oxide (GO) nanoplatelets were functionalised using sulphonated polyethersulphone (PES-SO3H) and subsequently as nanofiller incorporated into the PES matrix to improve its comprehensive performances. Influences of GO/PES-SO3H nanoplatelets on the surface wettability, nanomechanical property and tribological behaviours of GO/PES-SO3H/PES composite under various relative humidity were investigated. Test results indicate that the introduction of GO/PES-SO3H dramatically decreases the water contact angles and increases the nanoindentation hardness of PES. The effects of relative humidity on the friction coefficients of GO/PES-SO3H/PES composites are far less than that on the wear rates of PES composites. Compared with the pristine PES, the PES-matrix composite containing 1.0 wt-% GO/PES-SO3H nanoplatelets exhibits the minimum friction coefficient (0.11) and wear rate (5.83×10−14 m3/N m) under the high relative humidity of 90%. This is attributable to the reinforcement effect and hydrogen bonding interaction of GO/PES-SO3H nanoplatelets as well as the uniform and ultrathin PES self-lubricating transfer films.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"14 1","pages":"485 - 495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81795680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Dinari, F. Zaïri, M. Chaabane, J. Ismail, T. Benameur
{"title":"Thermo-oxidative stress relaxation in carbon-filled SBR","authors":"A. Dinari, F. Zaïri, M. Chaabane, J. Ismail, T. Benameur","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1913385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1913385","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The thermo-oxidative stress relaxation in carbon-filled styrene-butadiene rubber is investigated using a two-step strategy consisting in homogeneous aging identification followed by heterogeneous aging prediction. Experimental observations of the chemical relaxation effects on the permanent deformation and on the equilibrium stiffness are reported on flat samples, containing various amounts of carbon-black fillers and aged at various temperatures and exposure times. The thermally activated degradation, implying scission-reformation mechanisms of links at a constant stretch at high temperature, is modelled from network decomposition under homogeneous aging conditions. An equivalent aging time, using the consumed oxygen across the thickness of bulk structures, is then introduced into the network alteration kinetics in order to predict the diffusion-limited oxidation effects on a bulk sample. Thanks to the model, the macroscopic chemical relaxation response and the heterogeneous damage patterns are discussed in connection to aging conditions and carbon-black filler content.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"68 1","pages":"425 - 440"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84154691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Ugraskan, Oguler Sazci, Afife Binnaz Hazar Yoruç
{"title":"Enhanced mechanical properties of poly (vinyl alcohol)/boron phosphate nanocomposites","authors":"V. Ugraskan, Oguler Sazci, Afife Binnaz Hazar Yoruç","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1913384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1913384","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the present study, the effects of partially water-soluble nanoscaled boron phosphate (BPO4) on the mechanical properties of poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) plasticised with ethylene glycol films were investigated for the first time. Firstly, BPO4 was synthesised at 500°C using boric acid and phosphoric acid as precursors. Then, nanoscaled BPO4 was obtained by the ultrasonic homogenisation method. Finally, PVA/BPO4 composite films were prepared by the solvent casting method with different BPO4 weight ratios. As a result of mechanical studies of the composites, it was found that the tensile strength of pristine PVA was enhanced from 19.06 to 26.42 MPa with the addition of nanoscaled BPO4. Furthermore, the tensile moduli of the composites reached their maximum at 4.56 GPa for the composite with 7% BPO4 by weight. This indicates that BPO4 is a promising material as an additive for low-cost composite films with high mechanical performances.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"29 1","pages":"477 - 484"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80909178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of maleic anhydride (MA) and glycerol triacetate (GTA) compatibilisers on the properties of compression moulded pineapple leaf fibre reinforced polylactic acid green composite","authors":"R. S. Darsan, B. S. J. Retnam","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1913810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1913810","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Green composites are area of interest among researchers due to its eco-friendliness. This paper investigates the fabrication and characteristics of pineapple leaf fibre (PALF) reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) green composites with and without the addition of maleic anhydride (MA) and glycerol triacetate (GTA). Green composites can be applied in single-use short-term applications, like packaging and biomedicals. In this study, the green composites undergo investigation for thermal, mechanical, dynamic and morphological characteristics to find the effect of PALF loading in PLA, with and without compatibilisers. The compatibilising effects were established in FTIR spectroscopy, dynamic mechanical analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. The impact strength increases by 3.3% and 6.5%, respectively, for MA and GTA compatibilisers while an increase of 3.85% and a decline of 1.4% in case of tensile strength was noticed. The morphological studies show a poor interfacial bonding and dispersion attributed to the failure of the on GTA compatibilised composites.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"18 1","pages":"441 - 454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75045711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. El-Nashar, M. Soleiman, A. Yehia, M. H. Khalil, H. Hassan, Sh. A. Kairy
{"title":"Water absorption behaviour for IIR/EPDM loaded with carbon black","authors":"M. El-Nashar, M. Soleiman, A. Yehia, M. H. Khalil, H. Hassan, Sh. A. Kairy","doi":"10.1080/14658011.2021.1909863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14658011.2021.1909863","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study investigates and quantifies the water absorption behaviour of hydrophobic carbon black in the 75IIR/25EPDM blend by keeping 5 × 2.5 × 0.2 cm samples in distilled water over three months. We utilise HAF (N-326) at concentrations of 50, 60, and 70 phr as filler for 75IIR/25EPDM blend. Samples are masticated carefully and then molded under a hot hydraulic press. The effect of water absorption by un-filled and filled samples is described using two fitting models: the logistic and the two-exponential growth models. The results show the water absorption has non-Fickian behaviour for all samples, and water uptake increases continuously. The rate of the uptake is found to be minimum for the sample with HAF-concentration of 60 phr.","PeriodicalId":20245,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Rubber and Composites","volume":"76 1","pages":"406 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75199962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}