05754nam 2201513z- 450 9910367745703321202102113-03921-633-3(CKB)4100000010106260(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56639(oapen)doab56639(EXLCZ)99410000001010626020202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolymeric FoamsMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20191 online resource (322 p.)3-03921-632-5 Advances in nanotechnology have boosted the development of more efficient materials, with emerging sectors (electronics, energy, aerospace, etc.) demanding novel materials to fulfill the complex technical requirements of their products. This is the case of polymeric foams, which may display good structural properties alongside functional characteristics through a complex composition and (micro)structure in which a gas phase is combined with rigid ones, mainly based on nanoparticles, dispersed throughout the polymer matrix. In recent years, there has been an important impulse in the development of nanocomposite foams, extending the concept of nanocomposites to the field of cellular materials. This, alongside developments in new advanced foaming technologies which have allowed the generation of foams with micro, sub-micro, and even nanocellular structures, has extended the applications of more traditional foams in terms of weight reduction, damping, and thermal and/or acoustic insulation to novel possibilities, such as electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. This Special Issue, which consists of a total of 22 articles, including one review article written by research groups of experts in the field, considers recent research on novel polymer-based foams in all their aspects: design, composition, processing and fabrication, microstructure, characterization and analysis, applications and service behavior, recycling and reuse, etc.Technology: general issuesbicssc135-benzene-trisamidesabsorbent PMI foamacoustic performancesactivation energiesadjacent façadealuminum microfibersautomobile structural adhesivesbiomaterialsburning characteristiccell nucleationcellulose foamcellulose nanofibercompositescompression propertiesconductivitycore-shell rubbercrystallineDOPOelectrical conductivityelectromagnetic wave absorptionEMIenergy absorption capabilityenergy conservationepoxyepoxy composite foam adhesiveequation of stateethyl celluloseEthylene Propylene Diene Monomerexpandable microspheresextrusion foamingfailure mechanismflame retardancyflame-retardant ABS microcellular foamsfluoelastomerfoam extrusionfoam injection moldingfoam morphologyfoaming qualityfoamsfunctionalfunctional foamgraphenegraphene oxidegrey relational analysisheat transferheterogeneous nucleationimpact propertyimpact wedge-peel testintrinsic toughnessitaconic acidleaching testligninmechanical propertiesmechanical propertymetallic tubemicrostructureMuCell® injection-molding foamingmulti-objective particle swarm optimizationmultifunctional foamsmultilayersn/ananotubespermittivityphenolic foamsphosphorusphosphorus flame retardantspiezocompositepiezoelectricPluronicpolyamidepolyetherimide foamspolymer wastepolymerspolypropylenepolystyrene foamspolyurethane foampolyurethane foam compositesPURPZTquasi-static compression testsrigid polyurethane foamSANSscCO2scCO2 foamingsemi-rigid polyurethane foamsshock compressionsound absorption coefficientsuper critical CO2supramolecular additivessurfactantssyntactic foamsternary synergistic effectthermal conductivitythermal insulationthermogravimetric analysisultrasonicationTechnology: general issuesVelasco José Ignacioauth1288736Antunes MarceloauthBOOK9910367745703321Polymeric Foams3020960UNINA