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The formulation of coated composite materials is an important field of research around the world today. Coated composite materials include inhomogeneous and anisotropic materials. These materials are formulated by an amalgamate minimum of two or more materials that accommodate different properties. These materials have a vast field of appealing applications that encourage scientists to work on them. Due to their unique properties, such as their strength, liability, swiftness, and low cost, they are used as promising candidates for reliable applications in various fields, such as biomedical, engineering, energy devices, wastewater treatment, and agriculture. Different types of composite materials have had a noticeable impact in these fields already, such as glass, plastic, and, most promisingly, metal oxide nanoparticles.

6H-SiC --- Cu-Sn alloy --- ion implantation --- wettability --- interface --- nanoparticles --- dyes --- catalysis --- reduction --- glass/Kevlar --- hybrid composites --- hand layup --- epoxy --- hardener --- tensile --- hardness shore D --- water absorption --- density --- peel --- ratio --- Al2O3-Cr2O3 composite --- consolidation behavior --- microstructure --- mechanical properties --- thermal shock resistance --- ammonia electro-oxidation --- cyclic voltammetry --- electrochemical surface area (ECSA) --- electrocatalysts --- nanocomposites --- infrared detector --- resonant cavity --- energy applications --- absorptance --- Ce–Cu oxide --- co-precipitation --- photocatalyst --- dye degradation --- CuO/γ-Al2O3 --- ammonia electro-oxidation (AEO) --- nanocomposite structure --- XRD --- photoluminescence --- rare earth element REE --- heterogeneous catalysis --- perovskite --- CH3NH3PbI3 --- solar cells --- polysilane --- decaphenylcyclopentasilane --- stability --- chlorobenzene --- calculation --- Raman scattering --- lead-free --- NBT–BMN --- weight loss --- dielectric --- piezoelectric ceramics --- bimetallic nanoparticles --- kinetics --- antioxidant studies --- catalytic activity

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Over the few coming decades, bio-based and biodegradable plastics produced from sustainable bioresources should essentially substitute the prevalent synthetic plastics produced from exhaustible hydrocarbon fossils. To the greatest extend, this innovative trend has to apply to the packaging manufacturing area and especially to food packaging implementation. To supply the rapid production increment of biodegradable plastics, there must be provided the effective development of scientific-technical potential that promotes the comprehensive exploration of their structural, functional, and dynamic characteristics. In this regard, the transition from passive barrier materials preventing water and oxygen transport as well as bacteria infiltration to active functional packaging that ensures gas diffusion selectivity, antiseptics' and other modifiers' release should be based on the thorough study of biopolymer crystallinity, morphology, diffusivity, controlled biodegradability and life cycle assessment. This Special Issue accumulates the papers of international teams that devoted to scientific and industrial bases providing the biodegradable material development in the barrier and active packaging as well as in agricultural applications. We hope that book will bring great interest to the experts in the area of sustainable biopolymers.

bio-HDPE --- GA --- natural additives --- thermal resistance --- UV stability --- food packaging --- antimicrobial properties --- polyethylene --- birch bark extract --- ultrasound --- thermoplastic starch --- biodegradation --- permeability --- diffusion --- sorption --- porous membranes --- hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers --- PLA bottle --- bio-based and biodegradable polymers --- life cycle assessment --- environmental impact --- ReCiPe2016 method --- packaging material --- bio-based polymer composite --- natural rubber --- water absorption --- mycological test --- biodegradability --- mechanical properties --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) --- polylactic acid (PLA) --- biomaterials --- gas permeability --- gas diffusion --- segmental dynamics --- electron spin resonance (ESR) --- scanning electron microscopy (SEM) --- differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-methyl-3-hydroxyvalerate) --- hydrolysis --- pancreatic lipase --- mechanical behavior --- chitosan --- polymeric films --- crosslinking --- genipin --- sorption isotherm --- degree of crosslinking --- polylactide --- poly(ethyleneglycol) --- blending under shear deformations --- electrospinning --- oil absorption --- Monte Carlo --- bio-based polymers --- biodegradable packaging --- biopolymer structure --- encapsulation --- life cycle analysis

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Fuel cells are expected to play a relevant role in the transition towards a sustainable-energy-driven world. Although this type of electrochemical system was discovered a long time ago, only in recent years has global energy awareness, together with newly developed materials and available technologies, made such key advances in relation to fuel cell potential and its deployment. It is now unquestionable that fuel cells are recognized, alongside their possibility to work in the reverse mode, as the hub of the new energy deal. Now the questions are, why are they not yet ready to be used, despite the strong economic support given from the society? What prevents them from being entered into the hydrogen energy scenario in which renewable sources will provide energy when it is not readily available? How much are researchers involved in this urgent step towards change? This book gives a clear answer, engaging with some of the open issues that explain the delay of fuel cell deployment and, at the same time, it opens a window that shows how wide and attractive the opportunities offered by this technology are. Papers collected here are not only specialist-oriented but also offer a clear landscape to curious readers and show how challenging the road to the future is.

polymer electrolyte fuel cell --- cyclic current profile --- transient behavior --- pressure drop --- Ohmic resistance --- solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) --- ionic conductivity --- Raman spectroscopy --- powder X-ray diffraction --- microbial fuel cell --- low-cost ceramics --- separator --- membrane --- porosity --- pore size --- water absorption --- mercury intrusion --- raman spectroscopy --- powder x-ray diffraction --- doped ceria --- solid oxides fuel cells --- Sm-doped ceria --- high pressure X-ray powder diffraction --- diamond anvil cell --- equation of state --- Rietveld refinement --- SOFC --- reliability --- contamination --- salt --- oxygen starvation --- concentration polarization --- fuel cell application --- microfluidic fuel cell --- power supply --- soft drinks --- hydrogen production --- alkaline water electrolysis --- two-phases flow --- CFD --- two-phase process --- BSCF --- SOEC --- rSOC --- anodic overpotential --- impedance spectroscopy --- sealants --- glass-ceramic --- joining --- CH4 internal reforming --- solid oxide fuel cell --- 2D local control --- cell design optimization --- active site degradation --- tape casting process --- open circuit voltage --- activation energy --- power density --- IT-SOFC --- PEM fuel cell --- useful water --- hydrogen consumption scenarios --- modified fuel utilization

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This Special Issue "Application of Wood Composites" addresses various aspects of these important wood materials’ use. Topics include the mechanical processing of wood composites, including their cutting, milling, or sanding, incorporating current analysis of wood dust or grain size measurements and the composition of particles; scientific views on the influence of various adhesives in the creation process of wood composites and the analysis of their behavior in contact with various wood elements under different conditions; the analysis of input raw materials forming wood composites, including various wood species, but also non-wood lignocellulosic raw materials; and, last but not least, the analysis of bark, which in recent years has become an important and promising raw material involved in the construction of wood composites. The study of the development of the sliding table saw also suitably complements this Special Issue.

bark --- bonding --- partial liquefaction --- MUF adhesives --- water vapor sorption --- thickness swelling --- wood-based panels --- chestnut --- decay --- defect --- density --- knot --- roughness --- surface --- texture --- quality --- veneer --- hazelnut --- walnut --- shells --- lignocellulosic composites --- UF --- PUR --- formaldehyde content --- oriented strand boards (OSBs) --- fast-growing species, modulus of rupture (MOR) --- modulus of elasticity (MOE) --- internal bond (IB) --- swelling (S) --- water absorption (A) --- biobased resins --- formaldehyde emission --- minerals --- wollastonite --- wood composite panels --- sliding table saw --- spindle --- critical rotational speed --- static stiffness --- dynamic properties --- noise --- sawing of wood composites --- wood composites --- recycled fibres --- bioadhesives --- magnesium lignosulfonate --- corner joints --- bending strength capacity --- birch wood --- chips --- granulometric composition of sawdust and chips --- air handling --- ecological filtration --- tropical wood dust --- granulometric sieve analysis --- morphology shape of particles --- temperature of ignition --- laser cutting --- wood --- cutting parameters --- wood dust --- sanding --- sandpaper --- particle-size distribution --- acetylation --- wood fiber --- strength --- stiffness --- internal bonding strength --- regression --- finite element analysis --- alien plants --- wood plastic composite --- flexural strength --- tensile strength --- swelling --- dimension stability --- scanning electron microscopy --- hardwoods --- extractives --- pH value --- wettability --- PVAc adhesive --- adhesion strength --- particleboard --- three-layer particleboard --- cup plant --- TOF-SIMS --- biomass --- bioresources --- softwood --- hardwood --- belt sander --- abrasion --- beech --- oak --- ash --- hornbeam --- alder --- pine --- spruce --- larch --- n/a

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Concrete is one of the most widely used construction material in the word today. The research in concrete follows the environment impact, economy, population and advanced technology. This special issue presents the recent numerical study for research in concrete. The research topic includes the finite element analysis, digital concrete, reinforcement technique without rebars and 3D printing.

cementitious composite --- nano-SiO2 --- PVA fiber --- durability evaluation --- adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system --- aggregate type --- specimen shape --- specimen size --- compressive strength --- concrete mechanical properties --- concrete composites --- waste metalised polypropylene fibres --- durability --- sulphate and acid attacks --- palm oil fuel ash --- fiber-reinforced concrete --- blast resistance --- lattice discrete particle model-fiber --- damage mode --- contact detonation --- concrete brick --- FGD gypsum --- construction and demolition waste --- oil palm trunks --- sugarcane bagasse ash --- sensitivity analysis --- gene expression programming --- multiple linear and non-linear regression --- green concrete --- concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) --- axial capacity --- genetic engineering programming (GEP) --- Euler’s buckling load --- GEP-based model --- calcium silicate hydrate --- simulation --- concrete --- corrosion inhibitor --- grand canonical Monte Carlo method --- molecular dynamics --- adsorption --- coupled RBSM and solid FEM model --- PBL shear connector --- shear strength --- lateral pressures --- failure mechanism --- bamboo-reinforced concrete (BRC) --- stiffness prediction --- artificial neural network (ANN) --- radioactive waste --- long-term performance --- degradation --- modeling --- finite element analysis --- mechanical properties --- mechanisms --- diffusion --- material properties --- sodium alginate --- basalt fiber --- temperature --- impact resistance --- pre-packed aggregate fibre-reinforced concrete --- strength --- long-term shrinkage --- microstructure --- waste polypropylene fibres --- cohesion --- angle of shear deformation --- Mohr–Coulomb model --- induced tensile strength --- concrete samples --- Brazilian test --- finite element method (FEM) --- artificial neural networks --- confined concrete --- strength model --- FRP --- strain model --- RMSE --- forta fibers --- synthetic fibers --- hybrid fiber reinforced concrete --- constitutive modeling --- uniaxial test --- slump test --- pore structure --- water absorption --- MIP --- fractal dimension --- pore connectivity --- T-shaped reinforced concrete beams --- CFRP --- numerical analysis --- non-destructive test (NDT) --- elastic wave --- air-entrained rubberized concrete --- stress-strain curve --- concrete failure --- damage of material --- effective modulus of elasticity --- effective stress --- hybrid-fiber-reinforced concrete --- shaft lining --- numerical simulation --- orthogonal test --- ultimate capacity --- n/a --- Euler's buckling load --- Mohr-Coulomb model