Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 50 Issue 5

Carbon fiber fabric/epoxy composites with electric- and light-responsive shape memory effect

Laiming Yu, Tianqi Zhang, Wenjun Wang, Yubing Dong, Yaqin Fu

This study aims to discuss the effect of carbon fiber on the electric-respone of shape memory epoxy property. Epoxy (EP) is a typical excellent thermosetting shape memory polymer…

Shape recovery characteristics of shape memory cyanate ester/epoxy composite reinforced with calcium sulfate whisker

Yongkun Wang, Yuting Zhang, Jinhua Zhang, Junjue Ye, Wenchao Tian

The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of calcium sulfate whiskers (CSWs) on the thermodynamic properties and shape memory properties of epoxy/cyanate ester shape…

Theoretical and experimental studies on interfacial effects in cellulose nano crystal-shape memory polymer composites

Hongsheng Luo, Yangrong Yao, Huankai Zhou, Shaoying Wu, Guobin Yi, Xuran He, Jiyuan Yang, Yan Jiang, Zhengwen Li

The purpose of this paper is to study the interfacial effect on mechanical properties of the cellulose nano crystal (CNC)–shape memory polymer (SMP) composites by using…

Design and characterization of tunable three-dimensional acoustic composite metamaterials

Guochang Lin, Chaonan Hu, Lin Cong, Yongtao Yao

The purpose of this paper is to developing a kind of acoustic metamaterial with wide frequency band especially in low frequency region. At the same time, its the tunability of…

Paraffin/graphene sponge composite as a shape-stabilized phase change material for thermal energy storage

Pengyang Li, Qiang Chen, Qingyu Peng, Xiaodong He

This paper aims to study the synergistic effect of graphene sponge on the thermal properties and shape stability of composite phase change material (PCM).

Numerical investigation of tubular structures generated by cutting method and pattern scale factor (PSF) method

Xin Ren, Fang Cheng Liu, Xiang Yu Zhang, Yi Min Xie

This paper aims to study the tensile performance, deformation characteristics, auxeticity and stability of different auxetic tubular structures generated by cutting method and…

High performance thermoplastic polymer for the compressive behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced composites

Ankang Liu, Bing Wang, Fei Li

This paper aims to study the effect of elevated temperature on the compression behaviour of carbon fibre polyphenylene sulphide (CF/PPS) laminates notched and unnotched specimens…

A capacitive sensor using resin thermoplastic elastomer and carbon fibers for monitoring pressure distribution

Guanzheng Wu, Siming Li, Jiayu Hu, Manchen Dong, Ke Dong, Xiuliang Hou, Xueliang Xiao

This paper aims to study the working principle of the capacitive pressure sensor and explore the distribution of pressure acting on the surface of the capacitor. Herein, a kind of…

Preparation and properties of polyurethane film with photothermal conversion and energy storage capability

Lihong Bao, Suyi Cao, Lin Tu

This paper aims to provide a flexible polyurethane (PU) film with visible light trapping ability, photothermal conversion and energy storage performance by covalently bonded a…

Controllable preparation and functionally graded programming of carbon aerogel

Jing Yang, Jie Zhong, Fang Xie, Xiaoyang He, Liwen Du, Yaqian Yan, Meiyu Li, Wuqian Ma, Wenxin Wang, Ning Wang

The purpose of this work is to controllably synthesize a carbon aerogel with programmable functionally graded performance via a simple and effective strategy.

Synthesis and characterization of UV-cured epoxy acrylate resin with cyclic methacrylate as diluents

Yuyue Guo, Shudong Lin

This paper aims to investigate the effects on material performance in the epoxy acrylate resin system owing to the existence of the different ring of the cyclic methacrylate. In…

Synthesis of waterborne hydroxyl acrylate resins and its application in VOC-free waterborne coatings

Yonggui Wang, Zeng Zhang, Jianfeng Wang, Rui Sang, Weigang Zhang

A kind of the Z-6020/E-44 modified waterborne hydroxyl acrylate resin (Z-WEA) and its application in volatile organic compound-free waterborne coatings were prepared.

Orange-derived and lemon-derived adsorbents with controlled grain for an efficient elimination of some cationic and anionic dyes

Gemma Pascual, Josep García-Raurich, José M. Canal, Marta Riba-Moliner

This study aims to demonstrate that orange-derived and lemon-derived systems can be used in continuous processes as efficient adsorbents to the entrapment of some anionic and…