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Cover Image, Volume 133, Issue 1
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.42996
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , citation , volume (thermodynamics) , glass microsphere , image (mathematics) , polymer science , matrix (chemical analysis) , computer science , materials science , art history , microsphere , composite material , art , artificial intelligence , physics , mechanical engineering , world wide web , chemical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
Syntactic foams, consisting of hollow pore formers (such as microballoons or microspheres) incorporated in a polymer matrix are widely used and adaptable polymer composites. Zachary D. Smith, Jennie R. Keller, Mollie Bello, Nikolaus L. Cordes, Cynthia F. Welch, Joseph A. Torres, Lynne A. Goodwin, Robin M. Pacheco, and Cynthia W. Sandoval propose a general protocol for the initial stages of syntactic foam development. An eight‐experiment Plackett‐Burman experimental design is used to identify significant effects and tunable properties. The cover image is an SEM of the polysiloxane‐glass bead syntactic foam from one formulation. (DOI: 10.1002/app.42892 )