Future Trend of Nanocomposites Technologies in Sustainable Materials
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (9 November 2022) | Viewed by 7745
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass based composites; stealth materials; magnetic dielectric materials; biosensing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: wood nanotechnology; bionic superhydrophobic nanocoating
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanocomposites take resin, rubber, ceramics and metals as the continuous phase and nano-sized metals, semiconductors, rigid particles and other inorganic particles, fibers, carbon nanotubes and other modifiers as the dispersed phase. The modifiers are uniformly dispersed in the matrix through appropriate preparation methods to form a composite system containing nano-sized materials. Sustainable materials refer to recyclable or renewable materials. Sustainable nanocomposite shows considerable applications in different fields because of larger surface area, greater aspect ratio, better processability, modifiability and function enhancement. Being environmentally friendly, applications of sustainable nanocomposites offer new technology and business opportunities for several sectors, such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and biotechnology industries. Eco-friendly and high-performance nanocomposites technology has become one of the most widely concerned focuses in sustainable materials field.
The aim of this special issue is to collect new ideas on the application of nanocomposites technology in sustainable material development and application through evidence obtained from high impact research and evaluation methods. Furthermore, in this special issue, we hope to showcase selected original and innovative papers, highlighting the most challenging aspects related to sustainable nanocomposites. Concepts, challenges, perspectives and opportunities will clarify the dynamics and foresight of the application of sustainable materials in high-tech fields, especially considering the sustainable development goals and the priorities of raw materials in circular economy. The summary review of nanocomposites technology in the field of sustainable material development and application is also welcome.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Application of sustainable materials on sensing, building, forest high-value utilization, aerospace, environmental pollution control, special packaging, energy storage and energy conversion, and biomedicine, etc.
- Novel synthetic technology of sustainable nanocomposites.
- Development of novel sustainable nano-size materials based on biomass extracts, such as cellulose, lignin, lignocellulose and hemicelluloses polysaccharides.
- Mechanisms exploration on sustainable materials preparation.
- Role of sustainable nanocomposites technology in emergency plan design for major infectious disease events, such as COVID-19, SARS, etc.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zhichao Lou
Dr. Kaili Wang
Dr. Qianli Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nano
- composite
- hybrid
- sustainable
- biomass
- function
- continuous phase
- dispersed phase
