Functional Polymer and Ceramic Nanocomposites
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposite Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 348
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy storage; dielectric breakdown strength; dielectric properties; interface; polymers nanocomposites; thermal conductivity
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Dear Colleagues,
When combined, nanocomposites such as polymeric and ceramic-based nanocomposites are multiphase or hybrid materials with remarkably different properties from the bulk components. Nanocomposites differ from conventional composite materials widely used today due to the nanoscale dimensions of the filler phase and the exceptionally high surface-to-volume ratio of this phase. As a result, compared with traditional composites, nanocomposites always hold many unique mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic, optical, biological, or catalytic properties, which are controlled by many factors like local chemistry, mobility, morphology, or crystallinity.
Additionally, nanocomposites often offer a combination of several properties, thus making them even more attractive as multifunctional materials for the future, with appealing potential applications in many industrial fields such as aviation and aerospace, automobile, microelectronic devices and power equipment, healthcare, energy materials, sensors, national defense, and military industry and other systems.
Therefore, the objective of this Special Issue is to explore all aspects of polymeric and ceramic nanocomposites and nano-engineered composites, from nanoparticles, synthesis, morphology, structure, interfacial bonding, aging, properties (e.g., mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, wear, barrier, flame retardancy, antifouling, sensing, and drug release) and characterizations, processing to potential applications.
Prof. Dr. Wenying Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer nanocomposites
- ceramic nanocomposites
- electrical properties
- thermal properties
- interface
- multifunction
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