Innovative Composites for Sustainability
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 315
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fibre-reinforced composites are essential for meeting current environmental and climate challenges. For automotive, polymeric matrix composites (PMC) are needed for weight reduction and safety increase, directly related to electrification megatrend and current urgency to reduce carbon emissions. Their recyclability (hopefully closing the loop, also called cradle-to-cradle recyclability), industrial processing, basic chemistry, and the possible exploitation of biobased feedstocks have to be evaluated in terms of environmental assessment (LCA), and PMC full mechanical characterisation is needed for FEM validation and CAE. For aeronautics, the challenges are similar, except fire resistance and weight reduction are more relevant than recyclability. For construction, the main factors to take care of are the costs and long-term performance. The use of fibre-reinforced composites in association with conventional materials is very promising in both envelope development and structural reinforcement. In all above-mentioned applications, accelerated tests and characterisations in expected working conditions are fundament to evaluate potential market opportunities.
Ceramic matrix composites (CMC) are also asked to contribute to deal with current global emergencies, by unlocking more efficient renewable energy production and a reduction in C-emission from energy-demanding production of steel, glass, cement, and ceramic tiles. Environmental advantages come from increased processing efficiency and durability. The development of reliable production processes (chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) and microwave-assisted CVI), environmental barrier coatings (EBCs), and advanced characterisation techniques is also a fundamental part of this path. Inorganic matrix composites based on an alkali-activated polymerisation approach helps to reach materials with intermediate performances between PMC and CMC, with a rather interesting combination of characteristics and possibility to efficiently reuse secondary raw materials.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Claudio Mingazzini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ceramic matric composites
- polymeric matrix composites
- inorganic matrix composites
- weight reduction
- chemical vapour infiltration
- FEM
- LCA
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