Multifunctionality of Polymer Composites
Challenges and Applications
- 2nd Edition - September 26, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Ulf Breuer, Bernd Wetzel, Martin Gurka
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Multifunctionality of Polymer Composites: Challenges and Applications, Second Edition, brings together contributions from experts in the field of multifunctionality, presenting state-of-the-art discussion on the possible routes to achieve multifunctionality in reinforced polymers and composite structures, as well as their application in various industries. This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the latest advances, new materials, and applications that have emerged in recent years, and includes new chapters on self-healing composites, thermoelectric generators, vitrimers, morphing composites, and sliding materials. The text will enable engineers and materials scientists to achieve multifunctionality in their own products using different types of polymer matrices and various nano- and micro-sized fillers and reinforcements, including carbon nanotubes and graphene. In addition, technologies for the integration of active materials such as shape memory alloys are discussed. The latest developments in a wide range of applications, including automotive/aerospace, electronics, construction, medical engineering, and future trends are discussed, making this book an essential reference for any researcher or engineer seeking to stay ahead in this high-potential area.
Key features
Key features
- Discusses information on composites and their inherent engineering advantages over traditional materials
- Provides practical guidance and insights on multifunctionality of polymer composites, enabling engineers and materials scientists to achieve multi-functionality in their own products
- Features updated content in all chapters, as well as a number of new chapters on self-healing composites, thermoelectric generators, vitrimers, morphing composites and sliding materials
Readership
Readership
Scientists and Engineers in a wide variety of industrial sectors – aero/astronautics, automotive, mechanical engineering, sports and recreation, construction, energy, electrical and chemical industries, shipbuilding, security, medical engineering, Composite Materials/Materials Design courses in academia, for postgraduate students.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section I: Introduction to Multifunctional Polymer Composites
1. Routes for achieving multifunctionality in reinforced polymers and composite structures
2. Multifunctional composites modelling
3. Composite Recycling Technologies
Section II: Use of Special Matrices/Reinforcements/Interphases
4. Natural fibers: Their composites and flamability characterizations
5. Multifunctionality with wood-plastic composites
6. Multifunctional Delignified and Compacted Wood
7. Nanocomposites
8. Multifunctional nanobiocomposites of biodegradable polylactide and nanoclay
9. Expanded graphite as a multifunctional filler for polymer nanocomposites
10. Mechanical properties of multifunctional foam core materials
11. Reactive compatibilization in technology of poly(alkylene terephthalate)-based composites: Polyester blends, short fiber-filled materials, and nanomaterials
12. Multifunctional interphases in polymer composites
Section III: Applications
Part I: Transportation
13. Development of multifunctional composites for aerospace application
14. Lightweight structural composites with electromagnetic applications
15. Carbon and metal-fiber-reinforced airframe structures
16. Multifunctional carbon nanotube-based nano-composites for aerospace applications
Part II: Tribology
17. Multifunctionality of nonasbestos organic brake materials
18. Multifunctionality of Sliding Materials
19 .Multifunctional polymeric composites with wear-resistant, toughening, and self-healing features
Part III: Electrical Components
20. Multifunctional structural battery and supercapacitor composites
21. High-performance electrospun nanostructured composite fiber anodes for lithium–ion batteries
22. Multifunctional SMA-based composites for aerospace applications
Section IV: Smart Materials and Future Trends
23. Active hybrid structures made of shape memory alloys and fiber-reinforced composites
24. Self-healing composites
25. Vascular composites
26. Programmable composites
27. Self-sensing carbon nanotube composites: processing and characterization
28. Thermoelectric generator composites
29. New functions in polymer composites using a nanoparticle-modified matrix
30. Composite materiomics: Multi length scale hierarchical composites for structural and tissue engineering applications
1. Routes for achieving multifunctionality in reinforced polymers and composite structures
2. Multifunctional composites modelling
3. Composite Recycling Technologies
Section II: Use of Special Matrices/Reinforcements/Interphases
4. Natural fibers: Their composites and flamability characterizations
5. Multifunctionality with wood-plastic composites
6. Multifunctional Delignified and Compacted Wood
7. Nanocomposites
8. Multifunctional nanobiocomposites of biodegradable polylactide and nanoclay
9. Expanded graphite as a multifunctional filler for polymer nanocomposites
10. Mechanical properties of multifunctional foam core materials
11. Reactive compatibilization in technology of poly(alkylene terephthalate)-based composites: Polyester blends, short fiber-filled materials, and nanomaterials
12. Multifunctional interphases in polymer composites
Section III: Applications
Part I: Transportation
13. Development of multifunctional composites for aerospace application
14. Lightweight structural composites with electromagnetic applications
15. Carbon and metal-fiber-reinforced airframe structures
16. Multifunctional carbon nanotube-based nano-composites for aerospace applications
Part II: Tribology
17. Multifunctionality of nonasbestos organic brake materials
18. Multifunctionality of Sliding Materials
19 .Multifunctional polymeric composites with wear-resistant, toughening, and self-healing features
Part III: Electrical Components
20. Multifunctional structural battery and supercapacitor composites
21. High-performance electrospun nanostructured composite fiber anodes for lithium–ion batteries
22. Multifunctional SMA-based composites for aerospace applications
Section IV: Smart Materials and Future Trends
23. Active hybrid structures made of shape memory alloys and fiber-reinforced composites
24. Self-healing composites
25. Vascular composites
26. Programmable composites
27. Self-sensing carbon nanotube composites: processing and characterization
28. Thermoelectric generator composites
29. New functions in polymer composites using a nanoparticle-modified matrix
30. Composite materiomics: Multi length scale hierarchical composites for structural and tissue engineering applications
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: September 26, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Ulf Breuer
Prof. Breuer is Scientific Managing Director at the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), Germany. After studying mechanical engineering and completing his doctorate on thermoplastic processing technology of composite materials in 1997 at Kaiserslautern, he has worked for 13 years in various positions at Airbus in structural technology on the development of advanced wings, high-lift structures and fuselage structures made of composite materials. In 2010 he joined the IVW where he has been leading the Institute of Composite Materials. Prof. Breuer is head of the specialist division "Materials and Manufacturing Technology" in the German Aerospace Society, and his research interests include composite aircraft structures, function-integrated high-performance composites, and forming of organo sheets.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientific Managing Director, Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), GermanyBW
Bernd Wetzel
Dr Wetzel is a Scientific Director Materials Science at the Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW), Germany. He has studied mechanical engineering with major focus on materials, damage theory and energy systems at the University of Karlsruhe. After conducting his Diploma Thesis at the California Institute of Technology, USA, he graduated in 1999. he also conducted research in China and received his doctorate degree from the University of Kaiserslautern in 2006. Dr Wetzel currently manages the "Tailored Thermosets & Biomaterials" group at the IVW, and his research interests include multifunctional thermosets, nanocomposites, tribology, fracture mechanics, and structure-property relationships.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientific Director Materials Science, Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), GermanyMG
Martin Gurka
Dr Gurka is a material scientist with profound experience in multifunctional materials, holding several patents. He studied physics at the University of Heidelberg and received his PhD in 1998. After working for several years in industry on the development of multifunctional materials, systems and associated production processes, he joined the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), Germany, in 2010 and heads the " Smart Composites & Nondestructive Testing " group. Dr Gurka is deputy head of the materials science department. His research interests include multifunctional composite materials, material-integrated actuators and sensors, and non-destructive materials testing.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Research Director Materials Science, Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), GermanyView book on ScienceDirect
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