Hybrid Filler Systems in Elastomer-Based Composites

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the opening of a new Special Issue in the Applied Sciences Journal on “Hybrid filler systems in elastomer based composites.”

The use of hybrid fillers is one of the most promising strategies being explored in recent literature, with the aim to continuously improve the mechanical, thermal, electrical, and barrier properties of elastomeric systems, as well as to impart multi- and functional- properties. Hybrid fillers are two or more different fillers deliberately added together to the same matrix.

The objectives of combining multiple fillers in the same system are manifold, for example: to develop synergistic effects while preserving the superior properties of each single filler, to improve filler dispersion, to lower the percolation threshold, to introduce innovative and sustainable filler systems, from natural sources and industrial waste, to favor circular economy and to reduce costs associated to the use of nanofillers or expensive fillers.

This Special Issue of Applied Sciences is intended for a wide and multidisciplinary audience.  It is our pleasure to invite you to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue covering the latest research in the area. Frontier-of-science contributions in synthesis, preparation, characterization, structure–property relationships, modelling, applications and uses of elastomer composites reinforced with hybrid filler systems are welcomed.

We are convinced that this Special Issue can provide the community with new ideas and perspectives, supporting the wider and wiser use of hybrid fillers for modern engineering applications.

Dr. Silvia Agnelli
Prof. Maurizio Galimberti
Guest Editors

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