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Development in Polymer Science and Composites

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (9 June 2022) | Viewed by 6654

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey R. Mitchell

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Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Institute Polytechnic of Leiria, Rua de Portugal, 2430-028 Marinha Grande, Portugal
Interests: energy storage devices; additive manufacturing; X-ray and Neutron scattering; functional materials; electrically conductive polymers; electrochemistry; digital twins
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Dr. Paula Pascoal-Faria

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Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Politecnico de Leiria Institute, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal
Interests: applications of modeling and numerical simulation in health; industry and direct digital manufacturing applied to metals; polymers and ceramics
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Prof. Dr. Joana M. R. Curto

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1. Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies Research Unit (FibEnTech-UBI), University of Beira Interior, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
2. Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre (CIEPQPF), University of Coimbra, R. Sílvio Lima, Polo II, 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: material and process modeling; multiscale network polymers; biomaterials and structures
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Special Issue Information

This Special issue will invite selected papers presented at the forthcoming 2nd edition of the International Conference on Polymer Science and Composites, to be held online from 5–7 July 2021.This was originally scheduled to be held in Barcelona, but was moved online due to the pandemic. Papers will be evaluated at the conference and then authors will be invited. This is a broad ranging international conference, as can be seen from the keywords below.

Keywords

  • Biopolymers
  • Biodegradable Plastics
  • Polymers in Biomedical and NanoMedicine
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Biopolymers as Scaffolds for Stem Cells
  • Polymers for Drug Delivery
  • Smart Polymers
  • Polymers from the Sea
  • Polymers in Biotechnology
  • Polymer Science and technology
  • Polymer Degradation and Stabilization
  • Recycling of Polymers and Waste Management
  • Polymer Applications
  • Polymer Simulations
  • Polymers for additive manufacturing
  • Polymers for Energy Generation and Storage
  • Polymer and Nano composites
  • Polymer Rheology
  • Computer modelling of Polymers and Processes
  • Digital Twins in Polymer Science

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The Effect of Plasma Treatment of Polyethylene Powder and Glass Fibers on Selected Properties of Their Composites Prepared via Rotational Molding
by Zoya Ghanem, Hana Jelinek Šourkova, Jan Sezemsky and Petr Špatenka
Polymers 2022, 14(13), 2592; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14132592 - 26 Jun 2022
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In this article, the effect of plasma treatment of polyethylene powder and glass fibers on the adhesion between polyethylene and glass fibers in composites prepared by rotational molding was studied. In contrast to other processing techniques, such as injection molding, the rotational molding [...] Read more.
In this article, the effect of plasma treatment of polyethylene powder and glass fibers on the adhesion between polyethylene and glass fibers in composites prepared by rotational molding was studied. In contrast to other processing techniques, such as injection molding, the rotational molding process operates at atmospheric pressure, and no pressure is added to ensure mechanical interlocking. This makes reinforcing the rotomolded product very difficult. Therefore, the formation of chemical bonds is necessary for strong adhesion. Different combinations of untreated polyethylene (UT.PE), plasma-treated polyethylene (PT.PE), untreated and plasma-treated glass fibers were manually mixed and processed by rotational molding. The resulting composites were cut and tested to demonstrate the effect of the treatment on the adhesion between the composite components and on the mechanical properties of the final composites. The results showed that the treatment of both powder and fiber improved the adhesion between the matrix and fibers, thus improving the mechanical properties of the resulting composites compared to those of pure polyethylene samples and composites prepared using untreated components. The tensile strength, tensile modulus, and flexural modulus of the composites prepared using 10-min treated powder with 20 wt% of 40-min treated fibers improved by 20%, 82%, and 98%, respectively, compared to the pure polyethylene samples. Full article
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Computational Simulation Tools to Support the Tissue Paper Furnish Management: Case Studies for the Optimization of Micro/Nano Cellulose Fibers and Polymer-Based Additives
by Flávia P. Morais, Ana M. M. S. Carta, Maria E. Amaral and Joana M. R. Curto
Polymers 2021, 13(22), 3982; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13223982 - 18 Nov 2021
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Tissue paper production frequently combines two main types of raw materials: cellulose fibers from renewable sources and polymer-based additives. The development of premium products with improved properties and functionalities depends on the optimization of both. This work focused on the combination of innovative [...] Read more.
Tissue paper production frequently combines two main types of raw materials: cellulose fibers from renewable sources and polymer-based additives. The development of premium products with improved properties and functionalities depends on the optimization of both. This work focused on the combination of innovative experimental and computational strategies to optimize furnish. The main goal was to improve the functional properties of the most suitable raw materials for tissue materials and develop new differentiating products with innovative features. The experimental plan included as inputs different fiber mixtures, micro/nano fibrillated cellulose, and biopolymer additives, and enzymatic and mechanical process operations. We present an innovative tissue paper simulator, the SimTissue, that we have developed, to establish the correlations between the tissue paper process inputs and the end-use paper properties. Case studies with industrial interest are presented in which the tissue simulator was used to design tissue paper materials with different fiber mixtures, fiber modification treatments, micro/nano fibrillated cellulose, and biopolymer formulations, and to estimate tissue softness, strength, and absorption properties. The SimTissue was able to predict and optimize a broader range of formulations containing micro/nanocellulose fibers, biopolymer additives, and treated-fiber mixtures, saving laboratory and industrial resources. Full article
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