Polymer Nanocomposite Foams
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2023) | Viewed by 338
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electromagnetic interference shielding; supercritical carbon dioxide; foaming; low reflection; wave-absorbing material; structural design
Interests: microcellular foaming; electromagnetic interference shielding; injection molding; thermal-insulation
Interests: multifunctional polymer nanocomposites: microwave selective sintering to prepare functional materials and devices such as electrical conduction, thermal conductivity, electromagnetic shielding, and sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
Under the background of the global advocacy of green and sustainable development, it has become an inevitable trend to develop advanced polymer foam processing technology that is environmentally friendly, consumes a low amount of energy, and reduces the emissions of harmful pollutants. Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) foaming technology has excellent characteristics such as environmental-friendliness, non-flammability, stable chemical properties, non-toxic properties, high mass transfer coefficient, strong permeability, and low price. This technology overcomes the issues concerning traditional foaming technology, such as difficulty in accurately controlling the amount and release of the foaming agent, unstable process, and large and non-uniform cell sizes. The polymer nanocomposite foams prepared by scCO2 foaming technology have the advantages of light weight, heat insulation, sound insulation and noise reduction, and can absorb shock loads.
Dr. Jianming Yang
Prof. Dr. Guilong Wang
Dr. Pengju Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supercritical carbon dioxide
- microcellular foaming
- structural design
- polymeric composites
- environmentally friendly
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