Advances in Functional Polymer Foams
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer processing and engineering
Interests: foams; multiphase foam materials; lightweight and smart polymeric materials; hybrid polymer materials and foams; micro-/nanolayer coextrusion; modelling of polymeric foams; super high R-value foams; conductive and functional foams; sound insulation foams
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Dear Colleagues,
Functional polymeric foams play an important role in energy management, e.g., thermal insulation, electrical conductivity, EMI shielding performance, etc. Unlike solvent-derived synthesized aerogel foams, polymeric foams fabricated from eco-friendly supercritical foaming agents have gained attention in both academia and industry. The current and future applications of polymer foams and their superior performances in such structural and functional foams are the foci of this Special Issue. Both theoretical and experimental studies can be submitted if they present a sufficiently significant scientific innovation.
Dr. Ruiyan Zhang
Prof. Dr. Patrick Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer foam
- function
- processing
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