Advances in Mechanical Behavior of Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in polymer science have impacted a broad range of research fields and enabled numerous real-world applications in biomedical devices, cosmetics, bioplastic, bioimplants, synthetic food, packaging, etc. Innovations abound in designing and manufacturing new advanced polymeric materials with attractive physical properties and behaviors to overcome the existing challenges. Advanced manufacturing and experimental techniques have enabled the fabrication of polymers with appealing physical properties and behaviors. Meanwhile, the quantitative studies on stress–strain relationship and responsiveness to environmental changes feature the development and applications of advanced constitutive models, which can play a critical role in designing new polymeric materials.

Contributions related to the latest advances on the mechanical behaviors, properties, and functionalities of polymers and their applications and addressing, but not limited to, one of the following aspects are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue:

• process–structure–property relationships;
• advanced manufacturing (including additive manufacturing);
• shape-memory and/or shape-changing polymers;
• self-healing polymers;
• biopolymers;
• bioinspired polymers;
• theoretical modelling;
• computer simulations.

Dr. Zi Chen
Dr. Ying Li
Guest Editors

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