Improved Dielectric Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomer Filled with Core–Shell Structured PDA@TiC Particles

Enhanced Coarse-Graining of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomer for Multiscale Modeling

The objective of this work is to develop a multiscale modeling tool of copolymers with long chains. We propose an enhanced coarse-graining method of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with three beads. The proposed coarse-graining provides an accurate molecular modeling tool to keep the molecular interaction together with computational efficiency. The coarse-grained model with three beads is furt...

Mechanical Properties of Nonwoven Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites

Reinforcement of flexible fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites with standard textile fibres is a potential low cost solution to less critical loading applications. The mechanical behaviour of FRPs based on mechanically bonded nonwoven preforms composed of either low or high modulus fibres in a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) matrix were compared following compression moulding. Nonwoven pr...

Thermal and Morphological Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomer Nanocomposites Based on PA6/NBR

Improved electromechanical behavior in castable dielectric elastomer actuators

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