Materials and Methods for New Technologies in Polymer Processing II

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to this, the second issue of “Materials and Methods for New Technologies in Polymer Processing”. Due to the great interest in the first issue, the editorial board decided to reopen this Special Issue focused on the emerging technologies in polymer processing. I am delighted to write the foreword for this second number, which once again affords us the opportunity to reflect on what is changing in our field.

Last year, we recognized the need for a programmatic approach to the difficult relationships between new technologies associated with the plastics industry and existing materials. Formally, with these new techniques, it is possible to transform, combine, and functionalize polymer and composite materials in any desired way. Practically, the lack of materials properties, as well as inadequate process modeling and control, strongly limits these amazing possibilities. Applications such as the optoelectronic, sensing, drug release, filtration, and biomedical require extremely tight dimensional tolerances and precise manipulation of the properties. Such rigorous control can be obtained only with a proper combination of the right materials and methods.

This second Special Issue will continue to collect research and review documents that examine new technologies in polymer processing from different perspectives, covering materials, machine control, and simulation software, with particular attention to the properties of the products obtained.

We encourage you to contribute to this scientific program by submitting your papers and look forward to your active involvement.

Dr. Andrea Sorrentino
Guest Editor

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