Advances in Foamed Polymers
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2874
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric foams continue to be an important class of materials, achieving remarkable progress in several areas such as sports gear, automotive, orthopedics, etc. Nonetheless, new advances are continuously reported in the synthesis, characterization, modeling, optimization, and integration of polymeric foams to increase and improve their utility. Such advances extend from basic to applied research domains.
The microstructure–processing–properties nexus of polymeric foams continues to be defined in the case of hierarchical microstructure, advanced auxetic cellular structures, tailorable properties, additive and green manufacturing, and scalable processing. These areas of research, and more, emphasize improving the properties (static and dynamic mechanical, thermal, transport, etc.) to achieve new levels of protection in personal and structural armors.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences, "Advances in Foamed Polymers" seeks to attract a trans-disciplinary readership by covering the recent progress in:
- Novel methods in the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of polymeric foams over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales;
- Analytical and computational modeling of mono-density, density-graded, and functionally-graded polymeric foams;
- Innovative applications of polymeric foams and their derivatives;
- Systematic methodologies for the optimization and development of foam-based structures for impact mitigation.
Prof. George Youssef
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymeric foams in applications (sports, orthopedics, automotive crashworthiness, aerospace, etc.)
- auxetic polymeric foams
- rigid foams
- elastomeric foams
- hierarchical microstructured foams
- advanced manufacturing of polymeric foams
- modeling of monolayer and multilayered foam structures
- mechanical and environmental characterization
- impact mitigation
