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Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures
Stab-resistant garments have been used for centuries, utilizing metals, paper, or polymeric structures, often inspired by natural structures such as scales. Nowadays, stab-resistant vests or vest inserts are used by police and security personnel, but also by bus drivers, ambulance officers, and othe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36850264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15040983 |
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description | Stab-resistant garments have been used for centuries, utilizing metals, paper, or polymeric structures, often inspired by natural structures such as scales. Nowadays, stab-resistant vests or vest inserts are used by police and security personnel, but also by bus drivers, ambulance officers, and other people who are empirically often attacked on duty. Since stab protection garments are often heavy and thus uncomfortable and not well accepted, whether in the form of chain-mail or metal inserts in protective vests, researchers are striving to find lightweight, drapable alternatives, often based on polymeric materials. These research attempts have recently focused on textile fabrics, mostly with impregnation by shear-thickening fluids (STFs) or ceramic coatings, as well as on lightweight composites. The first studies on 3D printed polymeric objects with tailored shapes, as well as theoretical investigations of the stab-protective effect of different materials, have been published throughout the last years. Here, we discuss different measurement methods, including dynamic and quasistatic methods, and correlations of stab-resistance with other physical properties, before we give an overview of recent developments of stab-resistant polymers, using different materials/material combinations and structures. |
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spelling | pubmed-99654522023-02-26 Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures Panneke, Niklas Ehrmann, Andrea Polymers (Basel) Review Stab-resistant garments have been used for centuries, utilizing metals, paper, or polymeric structures, often inspired by natural structures such as scales. Nowadays, stab-resistant vests or vest inserts are used by police and security personnel, but also by bus drivers, ambulance officers, and other people who are empirically often attacked on duty. Since stab protection garments are often heavy and thus uncomfortable and not well accepted, whether in the form of chain-mail or metal inserts in protective vests, researchers are striving to find lightweight, drapable alternatives, often based on polymeric materials. These research attempts have recently focused on textile fabrics, mostly with impregnation by shear-thickening fluids (STFs) or ceramic coatings, as well as on lightweight composites. The first studies on 3D printed polymeric objects with tailored shapes, as well as theoretical investigations of the stab-protective effect of different materials, have been published throughout the last years. Here, we discuss different measurement methods, including dynamic and quasistatic methods, and correlations of stab-resistance with other physical properties, before we give an overview of recent developments of stab-resistant polymers, using different materials/material combinations and structures. MDPI 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9965452/ /pubmed/36850264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15040983 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Panneke, Niklas Ehrmann, Andrea Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title | Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title_full | Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title_fullStr | Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title_full_unstemmed | Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title_short | Stab-Resistant Polymers—Recent Developments in Materials and Structures |
title_sort | stab-resistant polymers—recent developments in materials and structures |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36850264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15040983 |
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