Composite Foams: Manufacturing, Performance, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 6175
Special Issue Editors
2. National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, 144 Aurel Paunescu Podeanu Street, 300 569 Timisoara, Romania
Interests: lightweight materials; composite foams; mechanical characterization; structure–property relationships; failure mechanisms
Interests: porous materials; laminar composites; functionally graded materials; additive manufacturing
Interests: metallic foams; porous materials; composite materials; functionally graded structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to the forthcoming Special Issue “Composite Foams: Manufacturing, Performance, and Applications” of the international peer-reviewed open access journal of Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944).
Due to their special characteristics, cellular materials have become attractive for various industrial and household applications. Compared to fully dense materials, the most important attributes of foams are lightweight features, high ability to absorb impact energy, high strength/stiffness per unit weight, and good thermal/acoustic properties. Their cellular structure is a key property. On the other hand, composite foams are a new class of cellular materials with properties superior to those of conventional cellular materials.
This Special Issue represents an excellent opportunity to disseminate research on the various issues related to recent developments in advanced composite foams. Topics of special interest include but are not limited to manufacturing techniques, structural and functional performances, microstructure–properties relationship, and applications of composite foams. Research and review articles, along with short communications, are invited for consideration in this Special Issue.
If you have any questions or need further information about this Special Issue, please feel free to contact us.
Prof. Dr. Emanoil Linul
Dr. Daniel Pietras
Dr. Nima Movahedi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite foams
- advanced lightweight materials
- manufacturing techniques
- characterization
- properties
- failure mechanisms
- applications
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