Recent advances in aircraft materials and their manufacturing technologies have enabled
progressive growth in innovative materials such as composites. Al-based, Mg-based, Ti …

Multifunctional fiber‐reinforced polymer (FRP) composites provide an ideal platform for next‐
generation smart composites applications including structural health monitoring, electrical …

Passive anti-icing and active anti-icing/de-icing were two major strategies to suppress icing
on surfaces. Combining these two strategies and making full use of various energies can …

Ice accretion causes problems in vital industries and has been addressed over the past
decades with either passive or active de-icing systems. This work presents a smart, hybrid …

Lightning strike protection (LSP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding topics
have been extensively investigated, since composite material was first introduced to an …

The accumulation of ice on structures can restrict the performance of equipment and cause
other concerns in many industries such as aviation, automotive transportation …

The global concern over the environmental protection and bio‐sustainability of plastic waste
materials has prompted a vibrant search for renewable and biodegradable polymers in the …

Hybrid reinforced particulate aluminum matrix composite materials (HAMCs) are a
breakthrough kind of material made by combining two or more distinct reinforcing …

Tailoring the condensation frosting dynamics, particularly by surface topological designs,
holds great promise to mitigate the frost accretion yet has proven challenging due to the …

The effect of the soft and hard polyurethane (PU) segments caused by the hydrogen link in
phase-separation kinetics was studied to investigate the morphological annealing of PU and …