Porous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2023) | Viewed by 40106
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing; novel processing routes; engineering design of porous glasses and ceramics for functional and structural applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials are fundamental in a wide range of applications (e.g., catalysis, adsorption separation, sensing, drug delivery, biomedicine, energy production, energy storage systems, thermal and acoustic insulators). Therefore, they have attracted the attention of both the industry and academics and have been the subject of intensive research in recent years. In terms of composition, porous materials can be inorganic, organic, or inorganic–organic composite materials (ceramics, glasses, metals, polymers, and their composites). In addition, recent advances in porous materials include the development of materials and shaping in the desired porous shapes. Moreover, tailoring of the total and type of porosity, pore size, and pore wall surface chemistry of porous materials are of scientific and technological importance.
Given the high level of research interest and importance of porous materials, this Special Issue of Materials is devoted to “Porous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies”. This Special Issue of Materials will focus on the rapid publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed papers on the synthesis, processing, characterization, and evaluation of porous materials, as well as the wide range of types and applications of porous materials. Besides, special emphasis will be devoted to new fabrication methods, new properties, and new applications of porous materials, and how this impacts many different technologies.
This Special Issue aims to cover research of relevance to, without being limited to, the following themes:
- Innovative porous materials (inorganic, organic, hybrids).
- Fabrication, characterization, functionalization, and use of porous materials in different applications.
- Advanced manufacturing approaches and processing, including additive manufacturing techniques of porous materials.
- New characterization methods and approaches, such as 3D imaging and reconstruction.
- Simulation/optimization properties of porous materials.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, short communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Hamada ElsayedGuest Editor
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Keywords
- porous materials
- porous ceramics
- porous metals
- porous polymers
- porosity
- novel processing and manufacturing techniques
- additive manufacturing 3D printing techniques
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