Advances in Polymer Composites: Mechanical Performance, Manufacturing Process and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 1898
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; polymers; nanodielectrics; biocomposites; 3D printing; smart materials; dielectric behavior; conductivity; storing/retrieving energy; stimuli-responsive materials; piezoelectrics; ferroelectrics; pyroelectrics
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Interests: applied spectroscopy; polymer characterization; surfactants; polymeric films; micro- and nano- composites especially carbon based nanocomposites (CNTs, Graphene oxide, etc.); characterization techniques: FT-Raman, UV-Raman, SERS, UV_Vis, DSC, TGA, XRD, SEM, BDS (Broandband Dielectric Spectroscopy) and mechanical testing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to present this new Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Advances in Polymer Composites: Mechanical Performance, Manufacturing Process and Applications”, which will be open to submissions until 20 January 2025.
With the rapid development of the aviation, aerospace, automobile, medical and health, military and other fields, polymer composites with their unique properties of high specific stiffness and strength, corrosion resistance, light weight and other advantages can replace traditional heavy metals, including steel and aluminium, to realize light weight and intelligence. Structural polymer composite materials are mainly constructed with fibrous reinforcement (usually high-performance fibres, such as carbon fibre, glass fibre, aramid fibre, etc.) and environmental resistant matrix materials (such as epoxy resin, etc..). The matrix of polymer composites is normally divided into thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices, both of which have been widely used in aerospace, aviation, biomedicine, automotive parts, electrodes and packaging materials.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Polymer Composites: Mechanical Performance, Manufacturing Process and Applications” welcomes original research and review papers on experimental or theoretical/computational studies highlighting innovative approaches towards the mechanical performance, manufacturing process and applications of functional polymer composites.
This Special Issue will cover a broad range of topics related to polymer composites, including, but not limited to, the following:
Mechanical Performance:
- Evaluation and enhancement of the mechanical properties of polymer composites, such as tensile strength, impact resistance and fatigue behaviour.
- Understanding the relationship between composite structure and mechanical performance.
- Advances in testing methods and standards for assessing the mechanical properties of polymer composites.
- Studying/optimizing the mechanical properties with artificial intelligence methods.
Manufacturing Processes:
- Innovations in manufacturing techniques such as injection moulding, extrusion, 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
- Optimization of processing parameters to improve the quality and performance of polymer composites.
- Development of sustainable and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes.
Applications:
- Exploration of novel applications of polymer composites in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, biomedical and electronics.
- Future trends and potential new applications for polymer composites.
Hence, it is my pleasure to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript on your recent work for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications and reviews are all welcome.
I look forward to receiving your valuable contribution.
Dr. Anastasios C. Patsidis
Dr. Georgios N. Mathioudakis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanical performance
- polymer composites
- manufacturing techniques
- sustainable processes
- industrial applications
- fatigue behavior
- additive manufacturing
- structure/properties relationship
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