Polymers and their composites are widely used for designing structures in aerospace,
automotive, electronic, sport industries due to their lightweight, cost, and processing …

Exciting advancements have been made in the field of flexible electronic devices in the last
two decades and will certainly lead to a revolution in peoples' lives in the future. However …

Emerging trends in manufacturing such as light weighting, increased performance and
functionality increases the use of multi-material, hybrid structures and thus the need for …

The joining of metals and carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics composite (CFRTP) is
recently considered to be an effective and promising way to meet the lightweight …

Up to now, fiber-reinforced composites with thermoplastic matrix have seen limited fields of
use in the structural scope due to their high viscosity in the molten state, which results in …

Weight reduction of vehicle is very important because vehicle weight directly affects energy
consumption. Studies researching lightweight vehicle manufacturing process that use …

Because the field of plastics is one of the fastest changing areas today, the need arises to
offer relevant, comprehensive material on polymers. An established source of information on …

Additively manufactured thermoplastic polymers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), hold
significant promise for sustainable engineering structures, including wind turbine blades …

The development of new materials and fabrication techniques has become a matter of
success for industrial sectors such as transportation. Polymers, polymeric composites, and …

Integration of piezoelectric materials in composite and textile structures is promising for
creating smart textiles with sensing or energy harvesting functionalities. The most direct …