Aging, Degradation, and Lifetime Engineering of Advanced Polymeric Materials
A Special Issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360) belonging to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 1032
Editors
Interests: polymer aging; lifetime prediction; stability regulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced polymeric materials are at the forefront of innovation in aerospace, electronics, energy, transportation, coatings, and many other high-performance fields. Nevertheless, their long-term reliability remains a critical challenge, as exposure to heat, oxygen, moisture, light, electric fields, mechanical loading, and harsh chemical environments can progressively induce aging, degradation, and ultimately failure. Gaining deeper insight into these processes is essential not only for improving durability and service performance but also for enabling more sustainable material design, lifetime management, and end-of-life utilization.
This Special Issue, “Aging, Degradation, and Lifetime Engineering of Advanced Polymeric Materials,” seeks to bring together cutting-edge contributions that advance our understanding of how advanced polymer systems evolve under service conditions and how their lifetime can be predicted, controlled, and extended. We welcome original research articles, communications, and reviews addressing fundamental degradation mechanisms, structure–property relationships during aging, advanced characterization and monitoring methods, lifetime prediction and failure analysis, anti-aging and stabilization strategies, as well as emerging concepts in recyclable, reprocessable, and sustainable polymer materials.
By gathering insights from both fundamental research and engineering practice, this Special Issue aims to provide a vibrant platform for researchers working at the intersection of polymer science, degradation chemistry, durability evaluation, and lifetime engineering. We warmly invite contributions that will help shape the next generation of durable, reliable, and sustainable polymeric materials.
Prof. Dr. Rui Yang
Prof. Dr. Zhi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aging
- degradation
- lifetime engineering
- advanced polymeric materials
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