Polyetheretherketone Based Materials: Elaboration, Characterization and Processing
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 July 2022) | Viewed by 256
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Poly(aryl ether ketones) (PAEKs) are high-performance thermoplastic polymers. Since their launch in the 1980s, they have been increasingly used in extremely demanding applications in various industries, e.g., medical, automotive, and aerospace. Indeed, polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), and other PAEK copolymers demonstrate the most outstanding properties among thermoplastics. Their chemical structure is composed of benzene rings which bring mechanical strength and heat resistance, separated with either ether or ketone groups. In comparison to other semi-crystalline polymers, they also display great chemical resistance to most solvents and severe conditions, and their biocompatibility makes them suitable to be used in biomedical applications. In association with carbon fibers, PEEK-based composites are essential in the composite industry.
This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality works on ongoing scientific and industrial research on all aspects of PAEK: new synthesis routes, PEEK-based blends and PEEK composites, characterization of rheological behavior and crystallization, modeling and prediction of properties, and optimization of processing techniques.
This Special Issue welcomes experimental and modeling studies as well as reviews.
Dr. France Chabert
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- poly(aryl ether ketone)
- poly(ether ether ketone)
- thermoplastics
- polymers blends and composite
- rheological behavior and crystallization
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