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High Thermally Stable Polyurethane Nanocomposite Foam Containing Polydimethyl Siloxane and Carbonaceous Nanofillers

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High thermally stable polyurethane-based nanocomposite (PU) foam reinforced with different (0.25 - 1.0) wt% of carbonaceous nanofillers, i.e., graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and carbon black (CB) with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), were prepared by melt blending method. PU nanocomposite foam was tested and characterized by several techniques to check its stability and suitability for use at high temperatures. The microstructure of PU nanocomposite foam was studied by Field Emission Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The phase separation and crystallinity of samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction technique. The tensile strength and extension properties were evaluated. The tensile strength of PU-PDMS with 1.0 wt% GO was 58.9% more than that of neat PU-PDMS. The thermal properties of PU foam were investigated using a Thermogravimetric Analyser (TGA). At 650 °C temperature, PU foam having 1.0 wt% of the carbonaceous-based nanofillers (GO, CB and rGO) is more thermally stable than other wt.% of nanofillers and could be used for high-temperature applications.

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The authors are grateful to Namburi Eswara Prasad, the Director, DMSRDE Kanpur, and Debmalya Roy, the Directorate Head of Nanomaterials, DMSRDE Kanpur, for their guidance and valuable suggestions. The authors express their sincere thanks to Nano Material Division, DMSRDE Kanpur, India, for providing the experimental facility. The authors also acknowledge the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, for providing financial support.

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  1. Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment, Kanpur, 208 013, India

    Ganesh Yadav, Kartikey Singh & Kavita Agarwal

  2. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, 211004, India

    Ganesh Yadav & Sunil Kumar Gupta

  3. Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    Kartikey Singh

  4. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400 085, India

    Rimpa Jaiswal

  5. Indian Institutes of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600036, India

    Zacharia T J

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Ganesh Yadav: Conceptualization, Investigation, Sunil Kumar Gupta: Formal analysis, Methodology, Kartikey Singh: Writing—original draft, Scheme design, Visualization, Rimpa Jaiswal: review & editing, Zacharia T J: review & editing, Kavita Agarwal: Conceptualization, Methodology, resources, Formal analysis, review & editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yadav, G., Gupta, S.K., Singh, K. et al. High Thermally Stable Polyurethane Nanocomposite Foam Containing Polydimethyl Siloxane and Carbonaceous Nanofillers. Silicon 15, 2869–2878 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-022-02212-6

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