Processing of Polymer Nanocomposite Foams in Supercritical CO2

2013 ◽  
pp. 105-124
2012 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limeng Chen ◽  
Behic K. Goren ◽  
Rahmi Ozisik ◽  
Linda S. Schadler

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 2318-2350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahyar Panahi-Sarmad ◽  
Mina Noroozi ◽  
Mahbod Abrisham ◽  
Siroos Eghbalinia ◽  
Fatemeh Teimoury ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. James Lee ◽  
Changchun Zeng ◽  
Xiangmin Han ◽  
David L. Tomasko ◽  
Kurt W. Koelling

AbstractPolystyrene (PS) clay nanocomposites were synthesized and used to prepare foams in both batch and continuous extrusion process. It was found that the addition of a small amount of clay could greatly reduce cell size and increase cell density. Once exfoliated, the nanocomposite foam exhibits the highest cell density and the smallest cell size at the same particle concentration. Exfoliated microcellular nanocomposite foams with good surface quality was successfully produced using supercritical carbon dioxide.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Chen ◽  
Junfeng Hu ◽  
Jiajun Ju ◽  
Tairong Kuang

Lightweight, high-strength and electrically conductive poly(butylene succinate) (PBS)/ carbon black (CB) nanocomposite foams with a density of 0.107–0.344 g/cm3 were successfully fabricated by a solid-state supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) foaming process. The morphology, thermal and dynamic mechanical properties, and rheological behavior of the PBS/CB nanocomposites were studied. The results indicate that the CB nanofiller was well dispersed in the PBS matrix and the presence of a proper CB nanofiller can accelerate the rate of crystallization, improve the thermal stability, enhance the stiffness, and increase the complex viscosity of PBS/CB nanocomposites. These improved properties were found to play an important role in the foaming process. The results from foaming experiments showed that the PBS/CB nanocomposite foams had a much smaller cell size, a higher cell density, and a more uniform cell morphology as compared to neat PBS foams. Furthermore, the PBS/CB nanocomposite foams also possessed low density (0.107–0.344 g/cm3), good electrical conductivity (~0.45 S/cm at 1.87 vol % CB loading), and improved compressive strength (108% increase), which enables them to be used as lightweight and high-strength functional materials.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 437
Author(s):  
Marcelo Antunes ◽  
Hooman Abbasi ◽  
José Ignacio Velasco

Polysulfone nanocomposite foams containing variable amounts of graphene nanoplatelets (0–10 wt%) were prepared by water vapor-induced phase separation (WVIPS) and supercritical CO2 (scCO2) dissolution. WVIPS foams with two ranges of relative densities were considered, namely, between 0.23 and 0.41 and between 0.34 and 0.46. Foams prepared by scCO2 dissolution (0.0–2.0 wt% GnP) were obtained with a relative density range between 0.35 and 0.45. Although the addition of GnP affected the cellular structure of all foams, they had a bigger influence in WVIPS foams. The storage modulus increased for all foams with increasing relative density and GnP’s concentration, except for WVIPS PSU-GnP foams, as they developed open/interconnected cellular structures during foaming. Comparatively, foams prepared by scCO2 dissolution showed higher specific storage moduli than similar WVIPS foams (same relative density and GnP content), explained by the microcellular structure of scCO2 foams. As a result of the plasticizing effect of CO2, PSU foams prepared by scCO2 showed lower glass transition temperatures than WVIPS foams, with the two series of these foams displaying decreasing values with incrementing the amount of GnP.


2004 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Strauss ◽  
Nandika Anne D’Souza

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