Polymers have been widely applied in various fields in the daily routines and the
manufacturing. Despite the awareness of the aggressive and inevitable aging for the …

Service lifetimes of polymers and polymer composites are impacted by environmental
ageing. The validation of new composites and their environmental durability involves costly …

Polymer materials are multiscale systems by definition. Already the description of a single
macromolecule involves a multitude of scales, and cooperative processes in polymer …

Microplastics (MPs) have become a significant source of concern as they have emerged as
a widespread pollutant that harms the aquatic environment. It has become an enormous …

Worldwide, current mussel and seaweed aquaculture practices contribute to the increase of
fossil fuel‐based plastic gears at sea, leading to marine litter and microplastics generation …

Fibre-reinforced polymeric composites (FRPC), having better corrosion resistance, higher
strength-to-weight, and modulus-to-weight ratios, are widely utilised in automotive, wind …

Aging has a serious impact on the properties of functional polymers. Therefore, it is
necessary to study the aging mechanism to prolong the service and storage life of polymer …

Abstract Epoxy R-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite plates were
hydrothermally aged at 60° C for 23, 75, and 133 days. The water content reached 0.97 wt …

Moisture absorption in polymer composites is a slow process that can take several decades,
so it is often modelled without experimental verification. This unique study reports the …

Epoxies and epoxy-based fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) are significantly affected by
environmental impacts during their service life. Exposures to water, humidity, temperature …