Allotropes of Carbon Nanofillers: Chemical and Physical Interactions with the Polymer Matrix

Light functional and construction materials are a growing interest not only of automotive concerns but also of the aviation and space industries. However, in most cases, polymers give way to light alloys based on titanium, aluminum or magnesium due to a relatively higher specific strength as well as in relation to elevated temperatures.

   An improvement of broadly understood physicochemical properties can be achieved by selecting and combining the appropriate polymer materials and their fillers, while creating molecular interactions at their boundaries.

   For this reason, this Special Issue is devoted to research and studies in the field of polymers with the addition of various allotropic forms of carbon, including nanotubes, fullerenes, and oxidized and reduced flake graphene. This Special Issue also covers the methods and techniques for the functionalization of carbon nanomaterials in terms of creating specific, given physical interactions of their grafting with the polymer matrix. An important part of the analysis is also the optimization of these interactions through computer modeling using chemistry and quantum physics, leading to the minimization of the mass of the material as its optimal physicochemical parameter.

Prof. Łukasz Kaczmarek
Dr. Tomasz Warga
Guest Editors

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• composites
• graphene
• carbon nanotubes
• fullerene
• fillers
• functionalization
• friction
• mechanical properties
• adhesion
• nanomaterials