Functional Polymer Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2021) | Viewed by 87411
Special Issue Editors
2. Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Trois-Rivières, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada
Interests: green chemistry; multifunctional composites; antiviral composites; polymer crystallization; nanomaterials; advanced materials for energy and environment; hybrid nanoparticles; conversion of biomass
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Interests: polymer composites; conducting polymers; functional composites; nanomaterials; corrosion protection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional polymer composites are now making significant strides in synthesis, design, preparation, processing, and promising applications. Today, polymer composites are becoming lighter, cheaper, more durable, and more versatile. At present, great progress has been made in the design, preparation, and characterization of polymer composite materials, making them smarter and versatile. By creating new properties using suitable fillers and matrix, functional polymer composites can meet the most difficult standards of users, especially in high-tech industries. Functional polymer composites are crucial to the development of new cutting-edge technologies, especially in the fourth industrial revolution. Advances in functional polymer composites will promote human welfare by creating new solutions and materials to overcome global energy and environmental crises.
Advanced polymer composites reinforced by high-performance carbon fibers and nanofillers are popular in the automotive and aerospace industries thanks to their significant advantages, such as high specific strength to weight ratio and noncorrosion properties. In addition to the improvement of the mechanical performance, polymer composites today are designed to provide new functions dealing with antibacterial, electrical conducting, superhydrophobic, self-cleaning, self-healing, self-healing, self-actuating, biocompatibles, super-hard, solar reflective, heath monitoring and diagnosis, and high energy storage and conversion, for desired end-used applications. On the other hand, composite materials can contribute to reducing environmental issues by providing renewable energy technologies in conjunction with multifunctional, lightweight energy storage systems with high performance and noncorrosive properties. They are also used to prepare a new generation of batteries and directly contribute to H2 production or CO2 reduction in fuels and chemicals.
This Special Issue aims to collect articles reporting on recent developments dealing with preparative methods, design, properties, structure, characterization methods, as well as promising applications of functional polymer composites. It covers potential applications in various areas, such as anticorrosion, photocatalyst, absorbers, renewable energy, energy storage systems, structural batteries and energy devices, solar panels, smart textiles, construction, water treatment, and electrical and electronic devices. Advanced modeling, simulation, and experimentation processes involving the design, preparation, and prediction of properties of functional polymer composites as well as those performing experimental studies involving these polymer composites are welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Phuong Nguyen-TriProf. Dr. Tuan Anh Nguyen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Antibacterial polymer composites
- Properties and structure of functional polymer composites
- Self-cleaning polymer composites
- Functional polymer composites for H2 production and storage
- Functional polymer composites for CO2 storage, conversion, and utilization
- Functional polymer composites for environment
- Photocatalytic polymer composites
- Degradation and stability of polymer composites
- Biodegradable polymer composites
- Smart textiles
- Polymer composites for structural batteries and energy devices
- Self-actuating polymer composites
- Shape memory polymer composites
- Two- and three-dimensional materials based polymer composites
- Self-healing polymer composites
- Photocurable polymer composites
- Electrical conducting polymer composites
- Nanoscale characterization of polymer composites
- Computer simulation of polymer composite design and preparation
- Superabsorbant polymer composites
- Anticorrosion polymer composites
- Renewable polymer composites
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