Breathable and Stretchable Epidermal Electronics for Health Management: Recent Advances and Challenges

J Dong, J Hou, Y Peng, Y Zhang, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced epidermal electronic devices, capable of real‐time monitoring of physical,
physiological, and biochemical signals and administering appropriate therapeutics, are …

Polyurea elastomer for enhancing blast resistance of structures: Recent advances and challenges ahead

H Zhu, C Ji, K Feng, J Tu, X Wang, C Zhao - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
As an excellent anti-blast material, polyurea (PU) has been widely used in the reinforcement
of masonry walls, RC structures, steel structures, and composite materials. The advances in …

Stretchable thermoplastic elastomer optical fibers for sensing of extreme deformations

A Leber, B Cholst, J Sandt, N Vogel… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design of advanced materials with coupled optical and mechanical properties is an
important challenge in materials science; especially, the implementation of soft materials in …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental characterization and constitutive modeling of thermoplastic polyurethane under complex uniaxial loading

SI Reyes, MF Vassiliou, D Konstantinidis - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents the testing and constitutive modeling of a Thermoplastic Polyurethane
(TPU) compound used in commercial applications. The tested specimens were extracted …

Insight into the fracture properties and molecular mechanism of polyurethane

R Ma, Y Wang, H Huang, X Zhao, X Li, L Zhang… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane (PU) has an excellent mechanical property due to its unique microphase
separated structure, but the molecular mechanism is still unclear. In this work, a multiscale …

3D printed elastomeric polyurethane: Viscoelastic experimental characterizations and constitutive modelling with nonlinear viscosity functions

M Hossain, R Navaratne, D Perić - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology creates ample opportunities for making 3D
printed soft polymers for a wide range of grades and properties. In DLS, a 3D printer uses a …

Piezoresistive Free‐standing Microfiber Strain Sensor for High‐resolution Battery Thickness Monitoring

P Nazari, R Bäuerle, J Zimmermann… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highly sensitive microfiber strain sensors are promising for the detection of mechanical
deformations in applications where limited space is available. In particular for in situ battery …

Effect of the symmetry of polyether glycols on structure-morphology-property behavior of polyurethane elastomers

F Peng, X Yang, Y Zhu, G Wang - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
The macroscopic properties of polymers could be significantly affected by subtle structural
changes in the building blocks, either in a beneficial or detrimental manner. Therefore, it is of …

Fabrication of flexible wood flour/thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer composites using fused deposition molding

H Bi, Z Ren, R Guo, M Xu, Y Song - Industrial crops and products, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, the wood flour
(WF)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composites with different contents of WF and …

Material characterisation of additively manufactured elastomers at different strain rates and build orientations

FF Abayazid, M Ghajari - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
Material jetting, particularly PolyJet technology, is an additive manufacturing (AM) process
which has introduced novel flexible elastomers used in bio-inspired soft robots, compliant …