Carbon nanofiber reinforced Co-continuous HDPE PMMA composites

Double percolation threshold method was used in this work to fabricate conductive polymer blend composites comprising of high density polyethylene (HDPE), poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and...

Thermal Transfer Behavior of Biochar-Natural Inorganic Clay Composite

Friction and Wear Behavior of Epoxy Composite Filled with Industrial Wastes

Facile preparation of cellulose SiO2 composite aerogels with high SiO2 contents

Thermal Performance of Modified Polymeric Heatsinks as an Alternative for Aluminum in Heat Rejection

Filler Network Structure and Crystallization Behavior of Polyvinylidene Fluoride-Graphene

Latent Heat Storage Biocomposites of Phase Change Material-Biochar

Monomer Casting Nylon Graphene Nanocomposite with Both Improved Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical

Enhancing Thermal Conductivity & Near-Infrared Radiation Reflectance of PCL/PLA-based Nanocomposites

This work aims to develop multifunctional biodegradable ternary nanocomposites with heat dissipation capability. The effects of adding hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), regarding phase morphology,...

Filler free technology for enhanced thermally conductive optically transparent polymeric materials

This work presents for the first time a non-conventional technology for higher thermally conductive optically transparent polymeric material by employing lower thermally conductive organic...

Tribological and mechanical properties of graphene nanoplatelet/PEEK composites

Poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) is a relevant thermoplastic in industry and in the biomedical sector. In this work, the lubricant capability of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) is used for improving...

Enhanced Electrical and Thermal Conductivities of Silicon Oxycarbide Nanocomposites

Novel silicon oxycarbide-carbon enriched composites (SiOC-C) were prepared from mixtures of SiOC and different amounts of carbon nanofibers (CNF) (0–10%) sintered through spark plasma sintering at...

Thermal Conductivity of Cement Stabilized Earth Bricks Reinforced with Date Palm Fiber

Recently, some cheap materials are available and adaptable to climate seem to meet current requirements. This paper investigates the thermal and mechanical properties of cement stabilized earth...

Effect of Ni Content and Al 2 O 3 Particle Size on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties

Alumina-nickel composites were prepared by carrying out spark plasma sintering(SPS) of nano-sized and micro-sized Al₂O₃ particles with 15–45 wt% Ni powders. The powder materials were sintered at a...

Orientation of Boron Nitride Nanosheets in CM/EPDM Co-Continuous Blends

The co-continuous blends of chlorinated polyethylene rubber (CM) and ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) were prepared. Boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) were filled into the blends and...

Electrochemical–Thermal Evaluation of an Integrated Thermal Management System for Lithium

Thermal management of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries using phase change materials (PCM) demonstrate advantages such as compactness and reduced weight compared to conventional active cooling...

Theoretical and Empirical Thermal Conductivity Models of Red Mud Filled Polymer Composites

The present paper deals with the prediction capability of theoretical and empirical models on thermal conductivity coefficient (TCC) of red mud/polypropylene composites. Red mud is known as an...

Design and Development of Thermally Conductive Hybrid Nano‐Composites in Polysulfone Matrix

A percolating network of hybrid fillers can provide significant synergic enhancement of thermal conductivity in polymer matrix composites. Especially, when platelets and fibers of high aspect...

Thermally Conductive Polybutylene Terephthalate Hexagonal Boron Nitride Composites

Thermally conductive polymer matrix composites (PMC) are promising alternatives to traditional electronic packaging materials to enhance the heat dissipation of integrated circuits, due to...

Thermal Enhancement of ParaffinHydrophobic Expanded Perlite Granular Phase Change Composite

Thermal performance of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems is often limited by low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs), which reduces the heat transfer rate and...

Mechanical, Thermal, and Viscoelastic Investigations on Expanded High-Density Polyethylene Composite

Perlite is a glassy amorphous volcanic rock and generally used in construction industries. Possible uses of perlite powder in polymeric composites allow producing value-added products. In this...

Thermal and Electrical Conductivity of Unsaturated Polyester Resin Filled with Copper Composites

Thermal and electrical conductivity of unsaturated polyester resin with copper filler composite material is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. In the experiments, polyester matrix...

Evaluation of Rheological and Thermal Properties of Polyvinylidene Fluoride GNP Composites

Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF)/graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) composites were prepared by solution blending with various loadings of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP). Rheological behavior and thermal...

Development of Thermally Conductive Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composite Foams

In this work, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) composite foams have been fabricated by physical foaming processes using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the blowing agent....

Investigate the Effect of Solvents on Wet Granulation of Microcrystalline Cellulose

Since decades, granulation is operational as a critical size enlargement process for powder agglomeration in tablet manufacturing. Dry granulation, melt granulation and wet granulation are some of...

Sodium Silicate Insulating Foam Reinforced with Acid-Treated Fly Ash

A set of insulating foams based on sodium silicate were prepared using acid-treated fly ash as an additive. It was found that the HCl-treated fly ash was able to remove the undesirable...

WC-Stainless Steel Hardmetals

Solution-Processed Ni–CNTs Filled Ferroelectric P(VDF–TrFE) Composites with Improved Die

Dielectric composites made using two kinds of poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF–TrFE)] (70/30 and 80/20 mol%) as polymer matrices and nickel particles coated carbon nanotubes...

Effects of Covalent Functionalization of MWCNTs on the Thermal Properties

In this study, a PPS/MWCNTs composite was prepared with poly(phenylene sulfide) (PPS), as well as pristine and covalent functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) via melt-blending...

Evaluation of Energy Efficient Hybrid Hollow Plaster Panel Using PCM/xGnP Composite

Latent heat storage is considered to be the most effective way to use phase change material (PCM) to charge or discharge thermal energy as latent heat during the phase change period. In this study,...

Evaluation of Mechanical & Thermal Properties of Glass Fiber, Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

Composite material plays a vital role as it is a combination of two or more materials that results in better properties than those of the individual components used. Major proportion of engineering...

Interfacial Growth of MOF-derived Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets on Graphene Slab towards

In order to develop safe electrical insulating epoxy nanocomposites with fast heat dissipation and low fire hazard, a “3D fabrication method” was proposed to employ acid-sensitive metal organic...

Enhancement of Radio-absorbing Properties and Thermal Conductivity of Polysiloxane-based

A design for the fabrication of more effective, thin, light-weight radio-absorbers (RAs) based on magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) is demonstrated. Carbonyl iron (CI) particles were...

Great Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Silicone Composite with Ultra-Long Copper Nanowires

In this paper, ultra-long copper nanowires (CuNWs) were successfully synthesized at a large scale by hydrothermal reduction of divalent copper ion using oleylamine and oleic acid as dual ligands....

Wear Maps of HIP Sintered Si3N4 MLG Nanocomposites for Unlike Paired Tribosystems

Hot isostatically pressed monolithic and multilayer graphene (MLG) reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites have been investigated by ball-on-disc tests under variable loading conditions. Tests...

From Morphology of Attrited Copper MWCNT Hybrid Fillers to Thermal and Mechanical Characteristics

Synergistic effect of copper and multiwalled carbon nanotube on thermal and mechanical properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-matrix composite was evaluated. Attrition mill was employed to...

Performance Evaluation of Macro-Packed Fatty Acid Ester Composites

The fatty-acid composites are used for thermal-storage systems. The macro-packing method was developed to prevent leakage during the phase transition and to enhance the thermal conductivity. The...

Enhancement of Pyramid Solar Still Productivity using Absorber Plates Made of Carbon Fiber Composite

This work aims to augment the distilled water productivity of a modified pyramid solar still using absorber plates made of carbon fiber/nanomaterials-modified epoxy composites. The effect of using...

Dielectric Properties and Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoplatelet Filled PVDF/PMMA Blend

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) was introduced into poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) via a solution blending process, and a series of PVDF/PMMA/GNP composites were...