Investigations on Polymer-Based Materials and Structures: Theory, Experimentation and Computation
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1582
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-based materials and structures (PBMSs) are very interesting materials for broad applications requiring specific functions in the science and engineering industries, including biomedicine, aerospace, artificial intelligence, bionics, robot, energy, electronic, separation, etc. During the past decades, tremendous efforts have been made toward the advancement and development of PBMS, including concepts, classifications, design strategies, preparation methodologies, performances, structure–property relationships, potential applications, perspectives, etc. Recently, studies on polymer-based materials and structures have aroused significant interest through the fast-growing demand of new functional materials for revolutionary technologies due to their excellent physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, among others. With the rapid development of characterization techniques and continuous innovation in theoretical research, the investigations on PBMS (e.g., polymerization methodologies, second-order nonlinear optical polymers, luminescent polymers, photovoltaic polymers, electronic/optical polymers, bio-related polymers, supramolecular polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers, shape memory polymers, separation polymer membranes, energy storage polymers, and covalent organic framework polymers, etc.) still face tremendous challenges in the aspects of theory, experimentation, and computation, such as in the constitute or micromechanical modelling and finite element simulation.
Invited papers are not limited in scope to the above topics, and research related to polymer or polymers-based composites is also covered in the current Special Issue.
Dr. Chenlin Li
Dr. Peifeng Gao
Dr. Yilin Zhu
Dr. Yeshou Xu
Dr. Huili Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- experimental and modelling characterization
- mechanical/physical/chemical/transport and other properties
- fabrication and exploitation and optimal design
- additive manufacturing and machine learning
- multi-physics modelling and behaviour
- macro to atomic-scale computational methods
- multifunctional and multiscale shape memory polymers
- microstructure evolution
- superabsorbent materials and structures
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