support from Innovate UK and Silentnight Group Ltd for provision of funding for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership(No.KTP 011934);We are also very grateful to Katarina Handlovicova and Dr Nicola Jones for their help with sample preparation and analysis.
Since the 1980s,mass market upholstered furniture sold in the United Kingdom has incorporated flame retardant chemicals to meet regulatory flammability requirements.However,UK fire deaths remain com-parable with simil...
supported by the Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talents of Shihezi University(Grant No.CZ002703);Science and Technology Innovation Talents Program of Shihezi University(Grant No.ZG010603);Backbone Technical Innovation Talents of Enterprises(Grant No.2023CB014);Science and Technology Planning Project(Grant No.2023AB032).
In this study,the combustion characteristics and kinetics of cotton straw(CS)particles mixed with polyethylene(PE)film and coal gangue(CG)were investigated.The co-combustion characteristics of CS mixed with PE and CG ...
supported by the Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials,Southwest University of Science and Technology(No.22FKSY17)
Conventional thermosetting polymers,mostly derived from nonrenewable petroleum resources,are not reprocessable and recyclable due to their highly cross-linked three-dimensional networks and face the disadvantage of hi...
supported by the European Regional Development Fund Postdoctoral Research Support“Structures and Technology Development of Smart Insulation Materials for Indoor Microclimate Regulation”1.1.1.2/VIAA/1/16/152;the European Social Fund within the Project“Development of the Academic Personnel of Riga Technical University in the Strategic Fields of Specialization”Nr.8.2.2.0/18/A/017.
Nowadays buildings contain innovative materials,materials from local resources,production surpluses and rapidly renewable natural resources.Phase Change Materials(PCM)are one such group of novel materials which reduce...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52003160 and 51973118);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2020A1515010644);Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(Nos.2019B010929002 and 2019B010941001);the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen(No.JCYJ20190808150001775);the Program for Guangdong Introducing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams(No.2019ZT08C642)。
Quasi solid-state succinonitrile(SN)-based polymer electrolytes have emerged for lithium-metal batteries due to their excellent ionconductivity at room temperature,wide electrochemical stability window(ESW,usually>5 V...
The use of intumescent flame retardants(IFRs)is considered an environmentally friendly and cost-effective strategy to suppress potential fire hazards from synthetic polymers.However,some conventional IFRs are neither ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22075010 and 22175017).
Fabrics with durable flame retardancy are of great importance for preventing potential fire threats in daily life.This review presents a comprehensive discussion of advances in durable flame-retardant fabrics by finis...
financial support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.3090011182152)。
The contradiction between flammability and packing density is the technical bottleneck for combustible smoke agent.Herein,polyurethane(PU)foams with flammability and resilience were prepared with polyol and isocyanate...
This paper presents a theoretical method to calculate the minimum inerting concentration(MIC)of binary and ternary blends(refrigerants)that are used in small refrigeration systems.MIC is the concentration of the dilut...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22075265 and 22050410269);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.2021459)。
In this work,apigenin was chosen as a raw material to synthesize a novel epoxy monomer(DGEA),while the bio-based epoxy resin was further obtained after curing with 4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane(DDM).The control samples...