Division/Committee: [PMSE] Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering

Next-generation structural composites for aerospace, biomedical, and automobile industries require materials that are lightweight and shown high strength and high toughness with intelligent functionality to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph, and restore. We encourage joint experimental-computation contributions that advance the area of lightweight/high-strength polymer nanocomposites, hierarchical structures for liquid crystalline phases, and situ experiments based on scanning probe microscopy and electron microscopy to understand nanoscale confinement, intrinsic toughening mechanisms, local probing of damage at the nanoscale, and state-of-the-art characterization to visualize the morphology and assess the mechanical properties of multiple length scales. Likewise, we encourage submissions in computational and machine learning methods that specifically are targeted to these applications.

Hendrik Heinz

University of Colorado

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