Being both strong and lightweight, composite materials have already found wide-ranging uses in structural and engineering contexts.
India's burgeoning economy, coupled with its vast and diverse natural resources, presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The demand for high-performance, sustainable materials is rapidly increasing, driven by sectors like aerospace, automotive, construction, and renewable energy. This demand necessitates the development of advanced composites with tailored properties, whether it's lightweight materials for fuel efficiency, durable composites for infrastructure, or bio-based composites for a greener future. Simultaneously, India faces the critical need to manage its abundant agricultural and industrial waste, which presents a unique opportunity to utilize these resources in the creation of sustainable composite materials. This special collection aims to cover some of the remarkable progress being made in addressing these challenges.
Potential topics to be considered will include the following: •Advanced polymer composites •Fiber-reinforced composites •Metal matrix composites •Ceramic matrix composites •Recycling and sustainable composites
Contributions including original research articles, perspective articles, and topical reviews are welcome from Indian researchers working on various aspects of composite materials science and engineering.Submission Information: Authors should select the appropriate Collection title “Landscaping Composite Innovations in India” under the “Details” tab during the submission stage.
All manuscripts will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and will be subject to the standard editorial policies. Articles will be assessed, reviewed and published in this special collection on a rolling basis.
This collection supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
Submit your manuscript to this collection through the participating journal.
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Dr Suryasarathi Bose
Suryasarathi Bose earned his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from IIT Bombay and is a faculty member at IISc Bangalore. His research focuses on sustainable polymer composites, emphasizing recyclability and the circular economy. He develops novel epoxy resin systems with dynamic covalent networks for reprocessing high-performance composites. He also works on thermoplastic laminates using PEEK and PEI. A key aspect of his research addresses plastic waste by developing 3D printing techniques for upcycling post-consumer plastics into value-added products.
