Paving the Way for Sustainability Through the Use of Cork-Based Materials: CSA 2025
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green composites; cork; numerical simulation; biomechanics; metal forming
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Interests: forest engineering; cork material
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue of the journal Sustainability, “Paving the Way for Sustainability Through the Use of Cork-Based Materials: CSA 2025”.
Cork is a natural cellular material and such materials have seen use in many applications over the last several decades, from aerospace to construction, medicine and architecture, and are currently very popular, given their excellent cost/properties ratio. For these kinds of applications, several mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties must be taken into account.
After the rapid spread of oil-derived cellular materials such as expanded polystyrene, expanded polypropylene, EVA, etc., environmental concerns are pushing governments, consumers and producers to seek more sustainable materials.
This Special Issue aims, therefore, to gather together original contributions related to the development of cork-based materials and their applications. Contributions should consider, but not be limited to, the following topics:
- The development of cork-based composite materials;
- Carbon footprint and life-cycle assessment of cork-based products;
- Cork forest conversation and planning;
- Evaluation of material properties (mechanical, thermal, acoustic, etc.);
- Study of cork materials at different length scales;
- New cork-based solutions as a sustainable alternative;
- Sustainability of the manufacturing processes of cork-based products.
This Special Issue is being compiled in cooperation with the 5th International Conference on Cork Science and Applications (CSA 2025) (for more information, please click: https://corkscience.web.ua.pt/ ).
Dr. Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa
Prof. Dr. Helena Pereira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cork
- composites
- sustainable materials
- carbon footprint
- eco-friendly
- forest
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