Abstract:Herein, highly porous metal-organic framework (ZIF-8)-decorated environmental friendly waterborne polyurethane (WPU) (ZIF-8@WPU) nanocomposites via facile sonochemical technique are synthesized. The ZIF-8@WPU shows threefold excellent mechanical performance (tensile strength %23 MPa and elongation 670%) at a very low 2.5 wt% filler loading compared to pristine WPU. In addition, the synthesized ZIF-8@WPU exhibits high thermal stability and water vapor permeability properties with increasing nanofiller concentra… Show more
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