Thermal, Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Polymers and Polymer-Based Composites
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2022) | Viewed by 1920
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High-performance, polymer-based dielectric materials are highly desirable in the modern electronics and energy storage industries. In recent years, extensive effort has been devoted to the research and development of polymer-based dielectrics to optimize their thermal, mechanical, and dielectric properties, such as low relative permittivity to reduce the signal propagation delay, low dielectric loss for less signal attenuation, low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) to maintain desired dimensional stability and prevent cracking, high thermal conductivity to dissipate heat generated, high temperature stability for operating in harsh environments, desired mechanical flexibility, ductility, toughness, etc. In practice, it is common that a range of distinct or even conflicting properties must be satisfied simultaneously. Such critical challenges have made it necessary for researchers to design new polymeric systems, improve processing and characterization methods, develop new strategies for optimizing and balancing material performance, and further understand embedded mechanisms.
The Special Issue will cover recent research and progress in the field of polymer-based dielectric materials. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, fundamental research on the relationship between microstructure and thermal, mechanical, and dielectric properties; the development of new dielectric materials for new applications; innovations in processing and characterization technologies; simulation and machine learning methods for the design of new materials; etc. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ke Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- composites
- dielectric properties
- mechanical properties
- thermal properties
- electronics
- energy storage
- modelling
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