Polymers, Volume 17, Issue 17

This study evaluates the physical, mechanical, durability, and environmental properties of geopolymer mortars (GMs) produced using waste tire steel fibers (WTSFs), hemp fibers (HFs), waste marble powder (WMP), and recycled fine aggregates (RFAs). Wit...

Organosilica films, composed of a silicon oxide network with terminal methyl groups, are widely utilized in various applications, including microelectronics. Many of these applications require high hydrophobicity and good mechanical properties, which...

Rigid PU foams have wide practical applications, and their mathematical modelling would benefit from deeper knowledge about the variants of independent elastic constants of symmetric PU foams. Therefore, in this study, various symmetry elements of ri...

Residual stresses and internal strains in 3D printing can lead to issues such as cracking, warping, and delamination—challenges that are amplified when using functional composite materials like magnetic PLA filaments. This study investigates th...

While fused filament fabrication (FFF) has gained widespread popularity in additive manufacturing, its prevalent limitation in mechanical properties has prompted researchers to explore innovative solutions, with the creation of nanocomposites emergin...

Woody raw materials of wood-based panels like fiberboard and particleboard are one of the primary sources of product odor and one of the indicators affecting the comprehensive health risk assessment of wood-based panel products. This study employed G...

In the mining industry, key unit operations such as grinding, flotation, thickening, and tailings transport are negatively affected by the presence of clay minerals, which impart complex rheological behaviors to mineral suspensions by increasing thei...

The aim of this study is to obtain poly(lactic acid) polymeric nanocomposites and carbon nanotubes for application in drone propellers produced through 3D printing. In this work, a filament based on poly(lactic acid)—PLA/functionalized carbon n...

This study focused on the development and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)- and konjac glucomannan (KGM)-based composite films enriched with natural bioactive additives. A PK (PVA/KGM) matrix with the optimum tensile strength was selected,...

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels exhibit temperature-responsive volume changes near physiological temperature, but their low mechanical strength in the swollen state limits use in structurally demanding biomedical applications. In this...