Abstract Additive Manufacturing provides the opportunity to produce tailored and complex structures economically. The use of lattice in combination with a thermoplastic elastomer enables generation configurable properties by varying cell parameters. Since there is only little knowledge about producibility made TPE laser sintering process resulting mechanical properties, different kinds are inve...

The development of flexible polymer monofilament fiber strain sensors have many applications in both wearable computing (clothing, gloves, etc.) and robotics design (large deformation control). For example, a high-stretch monofilament sensor could be integrated into robotic arm design, easily stretching over joints or along curved surfaces. As a monofilament, the sensor can be woven into or int...

[The Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Elastomer Natural Rubber-Polypropylene Waste with Oil Palm Empty Bunches as Filler] Salah satu cara mengurangi limbah adalah dengan memaksimalkan pemanfaatan plastik Polipropilena (PP) bekas dan Tandan Kosong Kelapa Sawit (TKKS). Karet Alam (KA) dapat sifat getas PP meningkatkan nilai jual karet rakyat. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk membuat m...

Additive manufacturing of metals by 3D printing polymeric filaments containing high loading metal powder, subsequent debinding, and sintering offers a potent alternative to the widespread beam-based processes. The binder is decisive component for successful fabrication process. This study presents development multi-component system filament-based 316 L stainless steel in various optimization st...

The present work investigated the possibility to use wet blue (WB) leather wastes as natural reinforcing fibers within different polymer matrices. After their preparation and characterization, WB were melt-mixed at 10 wt.% with poly(lactic acid) (PLA), polyamide 12 (PA12), thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), polyurethane (TPU), obtained samples subjected rheological, thermal, thermo-mechanical, visc...

We report the design and synthesis of a polymer structure from a cross-linkable epoxy-ionic liquid system which behaves like a hard and brittle epoxy thermoset, perfectly ductile thermoplastic and an elastomer, all depending on controllable network compositions.

This contribution reviews elastomeric materials with photo-actuation behavior with emphasis on thermoplastic elastomers and their composites. The principles of the photo-actuation and the main factors affecting the photo-actuation phenomena of thermoplastic elastomer materials are discussed in detail. The well-performing photoactuating systems involving both statistical and block copolymers-bas...

This study developed a soft pneumatic glove actuated by elliptical cross-sectional guided bending bellows to augment finger-knuckle rehabilitation for patients with hand dysfunction. The actuators (GBBAs) are made of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials, demonstrating the necessary air tightness as actuator. GBBAs could produce different moments inertia when increasing internal pressure driv...