In this work, a flexible polyurethane (PU) foam/polymer/clay (PUF/PAASep) composite is prepared via a simple dip-coating method. The composite exhibits excellent damping properties under quasi-static compression, vibration transmissibility, and impact resistance. For the composite preparation, sepiolite (Sep) dispersion in a polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution is first homogenized and evaluated using microscopy, and the obtained PAASep suspension is used to coat the PU foam uniformly for optimization of the quasi-static mechanical performance of the foam composites. The PU foam struts coated with 1 wt % PAA and 3 wt % sepiolite are strengthened, resulting in an 8-fold improvement of the stiffness and three-times increase of the impact force resistance compared to the uncoated PU foams. More importantly, the PU foam composites show a remarkable vibration damping capability, with the loss modulus 57 times that of the uncoated PU foams, enabled by micro friction and stick-slip effects mediated by the PAASep coatings. The facile prepared PAASep-coated PU foams have significant potential for cushioning, packaging, and broad engineering applications involving energy absorption.
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