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Effect of molecular weight on the properties and structure of biodegradable poly-lactic acid melt-blown nonwovens
Biodegradable poly-lactic acid (PLA) with varying molecular weights of melt-blown nonwovens was successfully prepared through the method of melt spinning. The phase morphology, rheological behavior, hydrophobi...
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Environmentally friendly poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) and CO2-based poly(propylene carbonate) biodegradable foams modified with short basalt fiber
As environmental pollution continues to rise, the demand for biodegradable materials, particularly biodegradable foams, is steadily increasing. We prepared high-density foam using extended poly(butylene adipat...
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Green composite from carbon dioxide-derived poly (propylene carbonate) and biodegradable poly (glycolic-co-lactic acid) fiber
Biodegradable poly(glycolic-co-lactic acid) (PGLA) fiber was used as a reinforcing agent, and sustainable composites based on poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC) were prepared by melting mixing. The morphology, me...
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Study on thermal, rheological, mechanical, morphological, and barrier properties of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)/thermoplastic starch/poly(propylene carbonate) biodegradable blown films
A bioplastics film with excellent physical and barrier properties was prepared with Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT), thermoplastic starch (TPS), and poly(propylene carbonate) (PPC). PBAT/TPS/PPC...
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Enhancement of the compatibility, mechanical properties, and heat resistance of poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate)/poly(butylene succinate) blends by the addition of chain extender and nucleating agent
Poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) (PBST) is an aliphatic–aromatic copolymer with excellent biodegradability and high flexibility, which can be used to replace traditional non-degradable polymer materia...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Active Crowd Analysis for Pandemic Risk Mitigation for Blind or Visually Impaired Persons
During pandemics like COVID-19, social distancing is essential to combat the rise of infections. However, it is challenging for the visually impaired to practice social distancing as their low vision hinders t...
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Relaxed projection and contraction methods for solving Lipschitz continuous monotone variational inequalities
In each iteration, the projection and contraction (PC) methods need to calculate one (or two) projection. Generally speaking, however, it is difficult to calculate a projection unless the feasible set is simpl...
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Selective projection methods for solving a class of variational inequalities
Very recently, Gibali et al. (Optimization 66, 417–437 2017) proposed a method, called selective projection method (SPM) in this paper, for solving the variational inequality problem (VIP) defined on ...