Low-Density and High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced PP/POE Composite Foam via Irradiation Crosslinking.

Hongfu Li, Tianyu Wang, Changwei Cui, Yuxi Mu, Kangmin Niu

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Article in Polymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Recent Advances in the Fabrication of High-Performance Polypropylene Micro-Nano Composites via Supercritical Foaming.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Hongfu LiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2283-4236

Tianyu WangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

Changwei CuiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

Yuxi MuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

Kangmin NiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

University of Science and Technology Beijing · CN

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Abstract

This study addresses the challenge of achieving foam with a high expansion ratio and poor mechanical properties, caused by the low melt viscosity of semi-crystalline polypropylene (PP). We systematically employ a modification approach involving blending PP with polyolefin elastomers (POE), irradiation crosslinking, and fiber reinforcement to prepare fiber-reinforced crosslinked PP/POE composite foam. Through optimization and characterization of material composition and processing conditions, the obtained fiber-reinforced crosslinked PP/POE composite foam exhibits both low density and high performance. Specifically, at a crosslinking degree of 12%, the expansion ratio reaches 16 times its original value, and a foam density of 0.057 g/cm

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fiber compositeirradiation crosslinkingmechanical propertymelt strengthpolypropylenethermoplastic foam

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PMID38543351

DOI10.3390/polym16060745

PMCPMC10975407

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