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From Waste to Advance Composite Materials, 2nd Edition
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From Waste to Advance Composite Materials, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 1587

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Dr. Farshid Pahlevani

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Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Interests: sustainability; waste to resources; cleaner production; advance manufacturing
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Waste is a biggest issue in today’s society and there is a huge need for changing the concept of waste and transforming the waste as resources. This can not be happen without using innovative solutions and advance processes which can transform waste to high quality products.  

This Special Issue aims to present the latest research related to using waste materials as input to produce high quality composite materials. Advanced techniques for controlling the properties of these composite materials, innovative solutions for tarsforming waste to resources and great improvement of current practices to incorporate more waste into the process will change the concept of waste and resources.

Our aim is to have collection of papers that talk about:

  • How we can use separate and sort waste more efficiently to be able to use them in production
  • How we can incoporate more perentage of the waste in production process
  • How we can enhance the properties of the produced product despite using waste materials
  • How we can control the process and simulate the parameters to have more control over output
  • And Characterisation of produce product using simple techniques which is easy to achieve by industry

Please note that these are just some guideline and the topics are not limited to these.

Dr. Farshid Pahlevani
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • cleaner production
  • sustainable materials
  • advance composite
  • waste to value
  • circular economy
  • recycling
  • waste as resources

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Effect of Phosphogypsum Origin and Calcination Temperature on Characteristics of Supersulfated Cements
by Nataliya Alfimova, Ksenia Levickaya, Ivan Nikulin, Mikhail Elistratkin, Natalia Kozhukhova and Nikita Anosov
J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9(4), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9040146 - 21 Mar 2025
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Supersulfated cements (SSCs) are one of the promising binders characterized by low CO2 emissions. A significant advantage of SSC is the possibility of using phosphoanhydrite binders as a sulfate component, obtained by the calcination of phosphogypsum—a waste product of acid and fertilizer [...] Read more.
Supersulfated cements (SSCs) are one of the promising binders characterized by low CO2 emissions. A significant advantage of SSC is the possibility of using phosphoanhydrite binders as a sulfate component, obtained by the calcination of phosphogypsum—a waste product of acid and fertilizer production. The utilization of phosphogypsum is a global problem. Differences in the properties of phosphogypsums from various industrial enterprises are determined by the difference in phosphate rock and the technological mode of production. This gives reason to believe that phosphoanhydrite binders (FABs) will also have differences in properties, which in turn will influence the process of structural formation of SSC. In the article, the effect of FAB produced at calcination temperatures of 600, 800, and 1000 °C using phosphogypsum of two different industrial enterprises was studied. It is established that the morphology and pH value of FAB particles, and the ratio of components in the binder have the greatest influence on the physical and mechanical characteristics of the SSC. The use of FAB with a high pH value (≈12) allows for obtaining free-of-cement SSC, with compressive strengths of up to 50 MPa at the age of 90 days. Full article
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Toward Eco-Friendly Rubber: Utilizing Paper Waste-Derived Calcium Carbonate to Replace Carbon Black in Natural Rubber Composites
by Colin Schouw, Pilar Bernal-Ortega, Rafal Anyszka, Anton Bijl, Eyerusalem Gucho and Anke Blume
J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9(3), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9030115 - 27 Feb 2025
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The growing concerns for the environmental impact of resource depletion and carbon emissions has led to the current study of using novel, sustainable materials in natural rubber compounds. The principal goal of this study was to reduce the usage of the non-renewable filler [...] Read more.
The growing concerns for the environmental impact of resource depletion and carbon emissions has led to the current study of using novel, sustainable materials in natural rubber compounds. The principal goal of this study was to reduce the usage of the non-renewable filler carbon black (CB). For this purpose, two waste-derived calcium carbonates were introduced in natural rubber compounds as a partial replacement for CB. To enhance their performance, the compounds were modified using alpha-lipoic acid and a titanate as in situ coupling agents. The effect of these renewable fillers and coupling agents on the in-rubber properties was analyzed using various characterization methods. Remarkably, by replacing 10 phr of carbon black with a calcium carbonate filler and introducing the alpha-lipoic acid coupling agent, a compound was obtained with performance levels similar to the CB-filled reference compound. These findings contribute valuable insights into the replacement of carbon black with renewable calcium carbonate fillers. Full article
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Preparation and Characteristics of Fire-Safe Foamed Epoxy Composites Filled with Technogenic Waste from Ceramic Brick Production
by Anton Mostovoy, Amirbek Bekeshev, Andrey Shcherbakov, Arai Zhumabekova, Zhadira Nurtai and Marina Lopukhova
J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9010015 - 2 Jan 2025
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As a result of the conducted studies, the method of combining components and foaming parameters for obtaining foam epoxides has been selected. The relationship between the structure of the foam epoxide and the amount of the added blowing agent—ammonium carbonate—has been established. This [...] Read more.
As a result of the conducted studies, the method of combining components and foaming parameters for obtaining foam epoxides has been selected. The relationship between the structure of the foam epoxide and the amount of the added blowing agent—ammonium carbonate—has been established. This study explores the development of fire-safe foamed epoxy composites by incorporating technogenic waste from ceramic brick production. The optimized composites demonstrated improved compressive strength, enhanced fire resistance (the LOI—35–44%—and successful UL-94 V-0 testing) through the use of flame retardants (Tris(2-methylphenyl) phosphate and Decabromodiphenyl oxide) and low thermal conductivity (0.030–0.042 W/m K), highlighting their potential as sustainable thermal insulation materials. Full article
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