Optimization of TPU/TiO2 Films Using UV Additives for Improved Weather Stability of LTA Hull Materials

Rana, Bharti; Mandlekar, Neeraj; Tomar, Shuchita; Joshi, Mangala; Ali, S. Wazed

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-6049-9_4

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“…From Table 3, it can also be seen that UV blocking in UV-A region has improved from 88.61% for neat TPU film to 97.66% for 10% ZnSnO 3 -TPU film. The findings are in line with past research studies in which scientists assessed the UV blocking capabilities of TiO 2 76,77 and ZnO [78][79][80][81] as a filler produced more than 80% UV blocking. Hence, zinc stannate has proved to act as a good UV blocker.…”

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Development of high‐performance zinc stannate based multifunctional thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposite films

Rana,

Joshi,

Butola

et al. 2024

Polymer Composites

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A lot of demand exists for multifunctional TPU that can provide enhanced performance to address a variety of inflatable application needs. To develop multifunctional nanocomposite films for such uses, synthesized zinc stannate (ZnSnO3) nanoparticles are integrated for the first time in a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) matrix. ZnSnO3 was synthesized using hydrothermal method. The morphological analysis vividly displayed the nanocubic structures. As‐synthesized nano ZnSnO3 was added as a nanofiller at varied concentration from 2 to 10 wt% in TPU and nanocomposite films were prepared by solvent intercalation and casting method. These films were thoroughly examined for their multifunctional properties such as UV protection, helium gas barrier and infrared emissivity. Mean value of UV protection factor was improved by 75% at 10 wt% loading of ZnSnO3 whereas 23% improvement was observed in helium gas barrier. Moreover, a good correlation of experimental data with various theoretical models of gas permeability was obtained at lower volume fraction of ZnSnO3. IR emissivity value also showed improvement from 0.802 to 0.842. Thus, the developed TPU‐ZnSnO3 nanocomposite films exhibited a significant improvement in multiple functional properties with improved tensile strength at optimized loading of 6 wt% of ZnSnO3.Highlights UPF mean value of ZnSnO3 incorporated TPU film has been improved by 67%. Helium gas barrier has been improved by approximately 23% at 6 wt% loading. TPU film exhibited improved properties at optimized loading of 6 wt% of ZnSnO3. Nanocomposite TPU film can be employed in various weathering inflatables.

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