Aging of Polymer Material
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 September 2023) | Viewed by 3790
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aging mechanism; stability evaluation and lifetime prediction of polymer materials; heat storage material based on phase change material (pcm); structure–property relationship of polymer materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric materials have been widely used in nearly all civil and industrial applications, including packaging, coatings and waterproof materials in buildings, front panels, seats and tires in cars, gears and seals in industrial equipment, agriculture films, etc. In the past decade, new functional materials have been emerging, especially in new energy resources, environmental protection and sustainable development. The aging of polymeric materials is, therefore, increasingly concerned either with long-life constructional and functional or degradable and recyclable products. Consequently, a material can be used safely or designed and developed with a balanced high-performance and controllable lifetime.
This Special Issue focuses on the aging research of polymeric materials, including, but not limited to, their aging behavior and mechanisms, aging status monitoring, stability evaluation methods and instruments, and the lifetime prediction, calculation and simulation addressing challenges posed by current and future materials.
Prof. Dr. Rui Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aging behavior and mechanism
- aging status monitoring
- stability evaluation method and instrument
- lifetime prediction
- calculation and simulation
- structure–property relationship
- anti-aging
- pro-aging