05275nam 2201069z- 450 991055711730332120210501(CKB)5400000000040873(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68538(oapen)doab68538(EXLCZ)99540000000004087320202105d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMultifunctional CompositesBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 online resource (200 p.)3-0365-0492-3 3-0365-0493-1 With the progress in nanotechnology and associated production methods, composite materials are becoming lighter, cheaper, more durable, and more versatile. At present, great progress has been made in the design, preparation, and characterization of composite materials, making them smarter and versatile. By creating new properties using suitable fillers and matrix, functional composites can meet the most challenging standards of users, especially in high-tech industries. Advanced composites reinforced by high-performance carbon fibers and nanofillers are popular in the automotive and aerospace industries thanks to their significant advantages, such as high specific strength to weight ratio and noncorrosion properties. In addition to the improvement of the mechanical performance, composite materials today are designed to provide new functions dealing with antibacterial, self-cleaning, self-healing, super-hard, and solar reflective properties for desired end-use applications. On the other hand, composite materials can contribute to mitigating environmental issues by providing renewable energy technologies in conjunction with multifunctional, lightweight energy storage systems with high performance and noncorrosive properties. They are also used to prepare a new generation of batteries and directly contribute to H2 production or CO2 reduction in fuels and chemicals. This Special Issue aims to collect articles reporting on recent developments dealing with preparative methods, design, properties, structure, and characterization methods as well as promising applications of multifunctional composites. It covers potential applications in various areas, such as anticorrosion, photocatalyst, absorbers, superhydrophobic, self-cleaning, antifouling/antibacterial, renewable energy, energy storage systems, construction, and electronics. The modeling and simulation of processes involving the design and preparation of functional and multifunctional composites as well as experimental studies involving these composites are all covered in this Special Issue.History of engineering and technologybicssc3D printed coating3D printingABSacrylic polyurethane coatingadsorptionannealing timeASAattenuationbronze polylactic acid compositecarbon/carbon compositeschitosan-pectinco-precipitationcompositescovalent biopolymer frameworkcrystallize processCuO/ZnOcut fruitsdoubly-curved shell and paneldye degradationedible coatingenvironmental exposureepoxidized Tung oilFDM methodfour-variable refined shell theoryfree vibration analysisfunctionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC)mechanical propertiesmethylene bluemid-infrared spectroscopymilk compositionmilk optical and acoustical propertiesmilk spectral analysismolecular dynamicsmulti-material additive manufacturingmulti-phase coatingsmultiphase polydisperse systemn/anano-compositesnano-SiO2nanocompositenatural fiber reinforced compositesnear-infrared spectroscopyNiAu alloyoxidation resistancephotocatalystphotodegradationpoly (lactic acid)polyelectrolyte complexpost-harvestpulp fiberqualityRaman spectroscopyresponse surface methodspeed of soundstoragestrawberrystructuresunlightthermal cyclingultrasonic techniquesweathering resistanceHistory of engineering and technologyNguyen-Tri Phuongedt1302197Nguyen-Tri PhuongothBOOK9910557117303321Multifunctional Composites3026238UNINA