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ArticleACS applied polymer materials2024

Giant Cushioning Effect in Facile Polymer/Nanoclay-Coated Flexible Polyurethane Foams.

Wenfei Ji, Qicheng Zhang, Jeroen S van Duijneveldt, Wuge H Briscoe, Fabrizio Scarpa

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Article in ACS applied polymer materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Wenfei JiSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
Qicheng ZhangBristol Composites Institute, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7696-6221
Jeroen S van DuijneveldtSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5863-5998
Wuge H BriscoeSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-960X
Fabrizio ScarpaBristol Composites Institute, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5470-4834

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Abstract

In this work, a flexible polyurethane (PU) foam/polymer/clay (PUF/PAASep) composite is prepared via a simple dip-coating method. The composite exhibits excellent damping properties under quasi-static compression, vibration transmissibility, and impact resistance. For the composite preparation, sepiolite (Sep) dispersion in a polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution is first homogenized and evaluated using microscopy, and the obtained PAASep suspension is used to coat the PU foam uniformly for optimization of the quasi-static mechanical performance of the foam composites. The PU foam struts coated with 1 wt % PAA and 3 wt % sepiolite are strengthened, resulting in an 8-fold improvement of the stiffness and three-times increase of the impact force resistance compared to the uncoated PU foams. More importantly, the PU foam composites show a remarkable vibration damping capability, with the loss modulus 57 times that of the uncoated PU foams, enabled by micro friction and stick-slip effects mediated by the PAASep coatings. The facile prepared PAASep-coated PU foams have significant potential for cushioning, packaging, and broad engineering applications involving energy absorption.

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