[HTML][HTML] A journey from processing to recycling of multilayer waste films: a review of main challenges and prospects

G Cabrera, J Li, A Maazouz, K Lamnawar - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In a circular economy context with the dual problems of depletion of natural resources and
the environmental impact of a growing volume of wastes, it is of great importance to focus on …

Micro-and nano-layered processing of new polymeric systems

Z Li, A Olah, E Baer - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent progress on polymeric hierarchical systems fabricated by forced assembly multilayer
coextrusion technology is presented. Complicated polymeric hierarchies are fabricated by …

Generation of Tough, Stiff Polylactide Nanocomposites through the In Situ Nanofibrillation of Thermoplastic Elastomer

A Anstey, AV Tuccitto, PC Lee… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polylactide (PLA) resins are among the most desirable biopolymers due to their biobased
and compostable nature, excellent stiffness, and tensile strength. However, the widespread …

Overview of the cast polyolefin film extrusion technology for multi-layer packaging applications

D Dziadowiec, D Matykiewicz, M Szostak… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The review article presents the technology of producing polyolefin-based films by extrusion
casting. Due to the wide use of this type of film as packaging for food and other goods …

Polymer nanostructures by forced assembly: process, structure, and properties

M Ponting, A Hiltner, E Baer - Macromolecular symposia, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The process of micro‐and nanolayer coextrusion of polymeric systems with good layer
uniformity is described. Coextrusion through a series of layer multiplying die elements has …

Control of the hierarchical structure of polymer articles via “structuring” processing

K Wang, F Chen, Z Li, Q Fu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Every day, numerous polymer materials are fabricated into specific articles with definite
sizes, shapes and forms using polymer processing. Obviously, polymer processing has …

Processing and surface modification of polymer nanofibers for biological scaffolds: A review

AM Jordan, V Viswanath, SE Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric fibrous constructs possess high surface area-to-volume ratios when compared
with solid substrates and are quite commonly used as tissue engineering and cell growth …

Synthesis and characterization of functionally gradient materials obtained by frontal polymerization

D Nuvoli, V Alzari, JA Pojman, V Sanna… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Functionally gradient materials (FGMs) with gradual and continuous changes of their
properties in one or more dimensions are useful in a wide range of applications. However …

Biological growth and synthetic fabrication of structurally colored materials

A McDougal, B Miller, M Singh, M Kolle - Journal of Optics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Nature's light manipulation strategies—in particular those at the origin of bright iridescent
colors—have fascinated humans for centuries. In recent decades, insights into the …

Progress on the Microlayer Coextrusion and Its Derivative Technologies

G Yu, W Hong, L Ran, Q Du, H Wang, Z Wang… - Polymer …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Microlayer coextrusion is capable of producing multilayer composites with anywhere from 30
to 1000 layers, each layer having a thickness of 20− 5000 nm. Microlayer coextrusion …