Radiation processing involves the use of natural or manmade sources of high energy radiation on an industrial scale. The principle of radiation processing is the ability of high energy radiation to produce reactive cations, anions and free radicals in materials. The industrial applications of the radiation processing of plastics and composites include polymerization, cross-linking, degradation ...

We have developed a process based on hot-embossing lithography (HEL) to pattern at high-throughput micron-size through-holes in thin thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) membranes. This novel HEL process, which is shown to provide key advantages for microfluidics applications, was applied to the fabrication of highly-integrated 3D microfluidic devices designed to precisely immobilize biomolecules on t...

attempts have been made for the first time to produce a friction material with thermal sensitive modulus by the inclusion of combined plastic/rubber properties of thermoplastic elastomers (tpe) as viscoelastic polymeric materials into the formulation for the purpose of increasing the damping behavior. in order to evaluate the viscoelastic parameters such as loss factor (tan δ) and elastic modul...

Currently, a range of sectors are implementing three-dimensional (3D) printing, which is part additive manufacturing (AM) technology via the fused deposition modelling (FDM) approach. As now, various filament materials available in market and have their limitations. Thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) blend as material 3D printing should be implemented to overcome weakness filaments. TPE stands out d...

The use of (recycled) plastics and (waste) vulcanized rubber powder is the main polymer raw materials, composite organic additives are selected to fully combine with asphalt components. physical chemical reactions between different components completed in dynamic mixing, establishing a morphology structure similar thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), highly asphaltized alloy material. TPE-modified ...

The use of polymeric materials has become very popular since last thirty years in many applications. The materials in this category can be broadly divided into two categories i.e. thermo bTcP]ScWTa _[PbcXRbIXcWX]RaTPbX]VcWTfa[SobR]RTa]PQdcaTRhR[PQX[XchP]ST]eXa] T]c protection issues thermoplastics have gained more attraction over the thermo set. Thermoplastic elastomers are novel constructional...

Abstract A silane coupling agent, namely γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS), was used to modify kenaf powder (KP). It then as filler in a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) based on Recycled High Density Polyethylene/Natural Rubber Blends (rHDPE/NR). The attachment of onto KP verified by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), while the performance TPE assessed terms mechanical and thermal p...

We present an integrated thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) based multilayer microfluidic device with an embedded peristaltic micropump and through-holes membrane for high throughput particle sorting and separation. Fluidic and pneumatic layers of the device were fabricated using hot-embossing lithography and commercially available polycarbonate membranes were succcessfully sandwiched between two th...

We present an all-thermoplastic integrated sample-to-answer centrifugal microfluidic Lab-on-Disc system (LoD) for nucleic acid analysis. The proposed CD system and engineered platform were employed for analysis of Bacillus atrophaeus subsp. globigii spores. The complete assay comprised cellular lysis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, amplicon digestion, and microarray hybridizatio...

High adhesion strength in hybrid composites is a decisive factor for their widespread use lightweight structures. The bond of co-bonded thermoplastic-thermoset largely influenced by the interphase thickness and morphology, which are controlled cure diffusion kinetics. Hence, this study aims to characterize composite comprised thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) glass fiber reinforced epoxy (epoxy/gla...