Advances in Polymer Blends and Composites—Second Edition
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 72
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radiation processing; polymer degradation; life-time assessment; FTIR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; DSC
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2. Department of Sciences and Advanced Technologies, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Valahia University of Targoviste, 13 Aleea Sinaia, 130004 Targoviste, Romania
Interests: radiation processing; ageing; degradation; infrared spectroscopy; thermal analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Generally, polymer blends and composites, including nanocomposites, are seen as valuable technical solutions to improve the mechanical properties of polymers, as well as their other properties. Hence, these materials are currently used in a wide range of applications. The actual trends in the research and development of these materials arise from two main requirements, which often need to be conciliated:
- The increasing performance of polymer materials and the extension of their applications as advanced materials in various fields;
- The better fitting of new materials to sustainable development requirements that involve improvements in the environmental behaviour of polymer materials, diminishing or completely replacing the use of oil-based polymers and moving to renewable resources, improving their environmental acceptance, and the use of less aggressive additives for the environment a.s.o. in conditions where the aim is to bring their technical performance and cost effectiveness at similar levels to “traditional” oil-based polymers.
Polymer blends and composites would be valuable simultaneous solutions for both the abovementioned requirements. In this sense, the Second Edition of this Special Issue aims to give a picture of the latest problems and proposed solutions in the formulation, processing, characterization, and testing of these materials, as well as in their innovative applications in the engineering and biomedical fields.
Dr. Eduard-Marius Lungulescu
Prof. Dr. Radu Setnescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer blends and composites
- renewable sources of polymers
- biocomposites
- processing
- characterization and testing
- waste management
- lifetime cycle
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