Process, Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Polymer and Composite Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 28948
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Interests: polymer materials; biomaterials; composites; polymer chemistry; general organic chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer and polymer-based composite materials have become a crucial part of our lives because of their unique properties, such as low weight, relatively easy processability, corrosion resistance, etc. The broad variety of polymer properties is the main reason for the assortment of applications. Polymer materials and composites are extensively applied in the production of packaging, machine parts, sport equipment, electronic instruments, and medical devices as well as in home building, military, and spacecraft industries. Polymers have to be durable or biodegradable, designed to work in common or highly demanding environments. All these requirements trigger the design of polymer-based materials with very exact properties depending on the chemical structure of a polymer, interfacial interactions in the composite, and so on. On the other hand, also taken into consideration are methods of fabrication and processing. Original papers on macro-, micro-, and nanomaterials based on polymers or polymer–matrix composites and their characterization and fabrication are being sought.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue “Process, Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Polymer and Composite Materials”. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Laska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer materials
- composite materials
- physicochemical properties
- mechanical properties
- surface properties
- interfacial interactions
- manufacturing
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