Mechanical and Advanced Properties of Polymers II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 9344
Special Issue Editors
Interests: materials science; nanomaterials; polymer science; composites and nanocomposites; smart materials and stimuli-responsive polymers; shape memory and multi-responsive polymers; multifunctional polymers; biodegradable and biobased polymers; 3D printing; reuse and recycling
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Interests: polymer science; composites and nanocomposites; smart materials and stimuli-responsive polymers; polymer gels; multifunctional polymers; antimicrobial polymers
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Interests: polymer chemistry; synthesis and modification of polymers; antimicrobial polymers; active surfaces; material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Further to the successful conclusion of the previous Special Issue “Mechanical and Advanced Properties of Polymers”, we are delighted to announce the second edition entitled “Mechanical and Advanced Properties of Polymers II”. This edition will continue to collect high-quality papers which are mainly dedicated to the mechanical response of polymeric materials.
Polymeric materials play a very important role in our daily life. From their first application as single-use materials, they have now become advanced “customized” systems of high technological interest. In fact, today, many applications of polymers not only have specific properties, such as mechanical and thermal properties, but also present intelligent multifunctional properties such as shape memory or the ability to repair themselves between others, thus obtaining advanced polymer systems. Most of the polymeric systems with advanced properties show high-quality mechanical properties, as thermo-mechanical cycles and mechano-dynamic cycles are generally used to study their response. Moreover, besides experimental characterization, the modeling and theoretical analysis of the mechanical and rheological response of polymers and nanocomposites are extremely important to understand and help predict the behavior of these materials. In line with this, the mechanical performance of biodegradable and reused polymers is critical in order to predict their service life as well as their end of life.
Dr. Laura Peponi
Dr. Daniel López
Dr. Marta Fernández-García
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers
- nanocomposites
- nanoparticles
- mechanical properties
- smart properties
- shape memory
- rheology
- mechano-dynamical properties
- thermo-mechanical cycles
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