POLYMERICS FOAMS: Innovaton in Processes, Technologies,and products

Features

• • Features a practical and useful combination of the latest business trends, processes, products, and applications related to polymeric foams and their composites.
  • Covers new and environmentally friendly blowing agents.
  • Discusses various bead and polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyetherimide microcellular, and nanocellular foams.
  • Describes flame-retardant foams, rigid foam composites, and foam sandwich composites.
  • Includes a comprehensive review of PLA and nanofoams.
  • Provides customer-driven innovations.

Summary

Polymeric foams are sturdy yet lightweight materials with applications across a variety of industries, from packaging to aerospace. As demand for these materials increase, so does innovation in the development of new processes and products. This book captures the most dynamic advances in processes, technologies, and products related to the polymeric foam market. It describes the latest business trends including new microcellular commercialization, sustainable foam products, and nanofoams. It also discusses novel processes, new and environmentally friendly blowing agents, and the development and usage of various types of foams, including bead and polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyetherimide microcellular, and nanocellular. The book also covers flame-retardant foams, rigid foam composites, and foam sandwich composites and details applications in structural engineering, electronics, and insulation. Authored by leading experts in the field, this book minimizes the gap between research and application in this important and growing area.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Shau-Tarng Lee

Microcellular Polypropylene Foam

Peng Guo and Xiulei Jiang

Preparation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Foams Using Supercritical CO2 as Blowing Agent

Ling Zhao, Tian Xia, Zhenhao Xi, and Tao Liu

Formation Mechanism and Tuning for Bimodal Cell Structure in Foams by Synergistic Effect of Temperature Rising and Depressurization with Supercritical CO2

Han-Xiong Huang and Lin-Qiong Xu

Extrusion Foaming of Polylactide

Richard Gendron and M. Mihai

Innovative PLA Bead Foam Technology

Mohammadreza Nofar, Alireza Tabatabaei, and Chul B. Park

Nanocellular Foams

Stéphane Costeux

Rigid Structural Foam and Foam-Cored Sandwich Composites

Wenguang Ma and Kurt Feichtinger

Microcellular Polyimide Foams: Fabrication and Characterization

Yang Li and Wentao Zhai

Recent Innovations in Thermoplastic Foams

Tomoo Tokiwa and Tatsuyuki Ishikawa

Advanced CAE Technology for Microcellular Injection Molding

Chao-Tsai (CT) Huang and RY Chang

Index