Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of several books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.Kalim Deshmukh is a senior researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with a wide variety of polymers and nanomaterials, including metal oxide nanoparticles and two-dimensional (2D) materials like graphene and MXenes. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and investigations of the structure–property relationship of polymer nanocomposites and nanohybrids reinforced with different nanofillers, including various metal oxides, carbon allotropes, and novel 2D materials for energy storage and conversion, energy harvesting, electromagnetic interference shielding, gas sensing, and biomedical applications.

• Section 1: Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Material Processing and Design Optimizations1. Additive Manufacturing: A Roadmap Towards Intellectual and Industrial Developments2. Additive Manufacturing Techniques: Mechanisms, Materials and Applications3. Additive Manufacturing of Smart Polymeric Materials: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives4. Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites: Opportunities and Challenges5. Processing, Structural Design and Topology Optimization of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and NanocompositesSection 2: Synthesis, Properties and Characterizations of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites6. Synthesis and Functionalization Methods of Polymer Nanocomposites for Additive Manufacturing7. Characterization Techniques of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites8. Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and NanocompositesSection 3: Applications of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites9. Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Soft Robotics10. Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Automotive Applications11. Applications of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites in Aerospace and Aviation Industry12. Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Sport Goods Applications13. Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Electronics and Optoelectronics14. Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Device Applications15. Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Health Care and Biomedical Applications16. Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Environmental ApplicationsSection 4: Theoretical Modelling and Machine Learning Approaches17. Simulations and Theoretical Modelling of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites for Additive Manufacturing18. Machine Learning Techniques in Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and NanocompositesSection 5: Challenges, Environmental and Health Impact and Commercialization Aspects19. Critical Challenges, Future Opportunities, Life Cycle Assessments, Environmental and Health Impact and Commercialization Aspects of Additively Manufactured Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites20. Sustainability, Supply Chain Resilience and Implication of Additive Manufacturing Technologies in Latest Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0)