Thermomechanical properties of highly transparent self-reinforced polylactide composites with electrospun stereocomplex polylactide nanofibers

Mechanical properties of poly(ε‐caprolactone) composites with electrospun cellulose nanofibers surface modified by 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane

“…Moreover, when temperature increased up to 55 °C, they became ~150 and ~180 MPa. Such reinforcing effects by increasing the fiber concentration have also been reported by other research groups …”

“…In this method, polymer solution is stretched by ~10,000 times and solidified by vaporing the solvent simultaneously . Hence, the obtained fibers possessed high aspect ratios, which would contribute to the effective reinforcement of the composites . Some groups compounded nanofibers, such as nylon nanofibers and poly(methyl methacrylate) nanofibers, and the mechanical properties of the resulting composite polymers were studied and enhanced .…”

Synthesis and stereocomplex formation of enantiomeric alternating copolymers with two types of chiral centers, poly(lactic acid-alt-2-hydroxybutanoic acid)s

“…56 Utilizing the stereocomplexed PLA nanobers, highly transparent self-reinforced PLA composites were prepared. 57 PLA stereocomplexed materials having different memory shape effects were prepared by network formation or supramolecular formation and incorporation of elastomeric block. 58,59 Similar to SC formation between PLLA and PDLA homopolymers, SC formation took place between the enantiomeric PLAlike homopolymers, poly(a-substituted 2-hydroxyalkanoic acid) s ( Fig.…”

Glass-like transparent high strength polyethylene films by tuning drawing temperature

“…S2) since they contain fewer defects or dust particles that can scatter light. HDPE films with a thickness of ~275 µm after drawing (shown as the blue line in Nearly all studies in the literature that are concerned with optical transparency use photographs of sample appearances by positioning the sample at a very close distance to an object, often involving placing the "transparent" sample directly on top of a background image [4,35,36]. However, according to ASTM D1746-15, regular transmittance usually refers to the ability of an observer to "see-through" a specimen in order to clearly distinguish a relatively distant object, analogous to the visibility of the distant scenery seen through a window.…”