Original Article
  • Effect of Cork Extract on the Mechanical Property of Thermoplastic Polyurethane

  • Taehoon Oh*, Seung-Hyun Cho**, Bumyong Yoon*, Hyejung Yoon*, Jonghwan Suhr*, ***†

  • * Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    ** Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University
    *** Department of Mechanical Engineering

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This Article

Correspondence to

  • Jonghwan Suhr

  • * Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
    *** Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • E-mail: suhr@skku.edu