Sustainable Cost-Effective Lightweight Polymer Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lightweight fiber reinforced polymeric composites for mobility application; energy generation and transportation including hydrogen storage tanks; wind turbine blades; thermoplastic composites pipes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses the material development, design and manufacturing process of cost-effective sustainable polymer composites, with an emphasis on recyclable, cost-effective lightweight fibre-reinforced composites.
The composites that will be discussed in this Special Issues are glass, basalt, aramid and carbon fibre-reinforced resin systems such as recyclable thermoset resin, thermoplastic resin and polyamide biomaterial. The main characteristics to be attained are high specific strength, stiffness and durability. The manufacturing process includes infusion, pultrusion, filament winding, tape layering, a resin transfer moulding process, automatic tape layering, thermal forming, and 3D printing for large structures. Industrial application areas include aerospace, the automotive industry, wind energy, hydrogen storage tanks, hydrogen pipelines, and renewable energy systems such as wind turbine blades, solar panels, and battery covers.
This Special Issue aims to advance the adoption of composites that meet both performance and cost-effective sustainability requirements by highlighting innovations in material systems and their structural validation.
Prof. Dr. Sung Kyu Ha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- recyclable
- biomaterial
- cost-effective
- sustainable polymer composites
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