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Additive manufacturing (AM) processes are gaining more and more attention from many industrial fields, mainly because they are revolutionizing the components’ designs and production lines. The complete industrialization of these processes has to be supported by the full understanding of correlation between AM building conditions and the final materials’ properties. Another critical aspect is that nowadays only a reduced number of materials processable by AM are available on the market. It is, therefore, fundamental to widen the materials’ portfolio, and to study and develop new materials that can take advantage of these unique building processes.

amorphous poly(lactide acid) --- poly(styrene-co-methyl methacrylate) --- polymer blends --- filament extrusion --- 3D printing --- additive manufacturing --- silicon nitride --- high performance ceramics --- photopolymerisation --- lithography-based ceramic manufacturing --- fused-deposition modeling --- mechanical properties --- thermal behavior --- polyetherimide --- fused filament modelling --- design of experiments --- directed energy deposition --- AISI 316L --- microstructure --- LPBF --- as-built --- as-cast --- microhardness --- tensile test --- Ni–Cu alloy --- materials development --- polymers --- metals --- ceramics

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Over the last decades, natural fibers have received growing attention as alternatives to synthetic materials for the reinforcement of polymeric composites. Their specific properties, low price, health advantages, renewability and recyclability make natural fibers particularly attractive for these purposes. Furthermore, natural fibers have a CO2-neutral life cycle, in contrast to their synthetic counterparts. However, natural fibers are also widely known to possess several drawbacks, such as a hydrophilic nature, low and variable mechanical properties, poor adhesion to polymeric matrices, high susceptibility to moisture absorption and low aging resistance. Therefore, extensive research has been conducted on natural fiber-reinforced composites in the last 20 years. In this context, this book presents several interesting papers concerning the use of natural fibers for the reinforcement of polymer-based composites, with a focus on the evaluation of their mechanical performances, ballistic properties, rheological behavior, thermal insulation response and aging resistance in humid or aggressive environments.

flax FRP --- basalt FRP --- glass FRP --- wood beam --- bending --- hybrid FRP --- flax fiber --- nano-clay --- water uptake --- hygrothermal properties --- coaxial electrospinning --- length of straight fluid jet --- spreading angle --- nanoribbons --- linear relationship --- curaua fibers --- graphene oxide coating --- epoxy composites --- ballistic performance --- recycled cotton fibers --- stiffness --- micromechanics --- Young’s modulus --- polymer matrix composites --- flax fibers --- surface treatments --- adhesion --- polymer-matrix composites (PMCs) --- composite laminates --- low-velocity impact --- delamination --- X-ray micro CT --- polypropylene --- basalt fibers --- composite laminate --- flexural --- impact damage --- dog wool fibers --- fillers --- polyurethane --- eco-composites --- renewable resources --- poly(lactic acid) --- poly(butylene succinate) --- plasticizer migration --- diffusion --- natural fibre composites --- mechanical properties --- elastic behaviour --- viscous response --- empty fruit bunch fiber (EFB) --- polybutylene succinate (PBS) --- starch --- glycerol --- characterizations --- biocomposite --- polymer Blends --- Mopa-Mopa resin --- biobased composite --- fique fibers --- wood–plastic --- leather waste --- thermoplastic starch --- mechanical characterization --- thermal characterization --- n/a --- Young's modulus --- wood-plastic

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Membranes play an enormous role in our life. Biological cell membranes control the fluxes of substances in and out of cells. Artificial membranes are widely used in numerous applications including “green” separation processes in chemistry, agroindustry, biology, medicine; they are used as well in energy generation from renewable sources. They largely mimic the structure and functions of biological membranes. The similarity in the structure leads to the similarity in the properties and the approaches to study the laws governing the behavior of both biological and artificial membranes. In this book, some physico-chemical and chemico-physical aspects of the structure and behavior of biological and artificial membranes are investigated.

ion exchange membranes --- profiled membranes --- corrugated membranes --- electrodialysis --- reverse electrodialysis --- membrane capacitive deionization --- hydrodynamic --- mass transfer --- thermal pressing --- 3D printing --- acid whey --- pulsed electric field --- demineralization --- scaling --- lactic acid removal --- ion exchange membrane --- profiled membrane --- CFD --- pressure drop --- structural mechanics --- fluid-structure interaction --- whey --- pulsed electrodialysis reversal --- fouling --- electrodialysis with filtration membrane (EDFM) --- triple size-selective separation --- glucose uptake --- bioassay-guided validation --- bioactive peptides --- electro-convective instability --- overlimiting current --- concentration polarisation --- particle tracking --- biomimetic membrane --- ion pair amphiphile --- cholesterol --- molecular dynamics --- water permeation --- air-pollutant nanoparticle --- coarse-grained model --- interaction --- molecular dynamics simulation --- pulmonary surfactant monolayer --- PP membrane --- O2 plasma --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- UV treatment --- hydrophilicity --- biopolymer electrolyte membranes --- XRD analysis --- FTIR study --- Morphology --- Impedance study --- EDLC fabrication --- LaPO4: Ce --- Tb --- ionic liquid --- supported liquid membrane --- photoluminescence --- hyperbranched polymer --- crosslinking --- alkaline fuel cells --- ionic conductivity --- water swelling --- ion-exchange membranes --- ion-exchange particles --- heterogeneity --- electrokinetics --- current–voltage curves --- ion-exchange membrane --- Fujifilm --- Neosepta --- phosphate transport --- limiting current density --- voltammetry --- zinc–air battery --- separator --- hydroxide exchange membrane --- anion-exchange membrane --- ionic channel --- polyphenylene oxide --- polymer inclusion membrane --- ionic liquids --- volatile fatty acids (VFAs) --- acetic acids --- hexanoic acids --- anomalous water diffusion --- computer simulations --- ion channel gating --- nano-size water pore --- physico-chemical properties of confined water --- protein-water interactions --- TRPV1 channel permeability for water --- water dynamics --- water H-bonding --- NETs --- inner nuclear membrane --- outer nuclear membrane --- nuclear envelope --- polymer blends --- impedance study --- dielectric properties --- electric modulus study --- loss tangent peaks --- ion transport parameters --- Trukhan model --- salinity gradient power --- concentration difference --- electrolyte composition --- n/a --- current-voltage curves --- zinc-air battery