Advanced Polymer Composites with Electromagnetic Functionality
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 951
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In view of the inherent flexibility, easy processability, scalability, low cost and light weight of polymeric materials, extensive research efforts have focused on the development of electromagnetic polymer-based composite materials. They constitute a type of composite material in which electromagnetic inclusions are dispersed or arranged in a polymer matrix following a prescribed manner to generate programmable electromagnetic responses. Due to their integrated electric and/or magnetic properties, their comprehensive electromagnetic attributes make them desirable for a wide range of applications in, e.g., electromagnetic shielding and microwave absorption. This Special Issue intends to address the critical subjects of electromagnetic polymer composites related to the role of inclusions, matrices, interfaces, filler dispersions and arrangements that eventually determine their ultimate electromagnetic response. We expect to provide a theoretical and practical basis for the preparation, development and application of polymer matrix composites with electromagnetic functions.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Structural design of advanced polymer composites with electromagnetic functions;
- Theory and simulation of polymeric electromagnetic composites;
- Electromagnetic, mechanical and transport properties of polymeric composites;
- Emerging applications of polymer composites with electromagnetic functions;
- Additive manufacturing of polymeric electromagnetic composites;
- Sustainable polymeric electromagnetic composites.
Dr. Diana Estevez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymeric-based composites
- electromagnetic theory
- electromagnetic shielding
- microwave absorption
- functional electromagnetic composites
- additive manufacturing
- sustainability
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