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

The work published in the open literature dealing with various polymer metal hybrid (PMH)
approaches used to promote direct (adhesive-free) adhesion between metal and injection …

Injection molded direct joining (IMDJ) is a promising metal–plastic direct joining method to
make products lighter. IMDJ first treats the metal surface and then injects melted plastic onto …

Polymer‐metal hybrid (PMH) structures, also known as metal‐polymer hybrid (MPH)
structures, have received considerable attention from industry and academia due to the …

A comprehensive introduction to the concepts of joining technologies for hybrid structures
This book introduces the concepts of joining technology for polymer-metal hybrid structures …

In recent years the direct-adhesion polymer metal hybrid (PMH) technology has been
increasingly used in replacing all-steel load-bearing structural components especially in …

Microstructures and bonding strength between the treated aluminum alloy and modified
polypropylene (PP) were systemically investigated in this study. The results show that an …

Metal-polymer direct joining is an extremely essential technology because several metal
parts, especially those used in automobiles, are currently replaced by polymers to save on …

Injection molded direct joining (IMDJ) is one of the metal-plastic direct joining processes and
is based on a combination of a special surface treatment of a metal piece and an insert …

This paper proposes an additive manufacturing method that combines fused filament
fabrication (FFF) 3D printing and an electroforming technology to fabricate multi-material …