Journal of Polymer & Composites

Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) deployed in aerospace, marine, automotive, and renewable-energy structures are continuously subjected to coupled environmental stressors — ultraviolet (UV) radiation, moisture ingress, thermal cycling, and mechanical loading — that progressively degrade their mechanical performance. 

The exceptional mechanical properties, design flexibility, and lightweight nature of polymer composite and nanocomposite materials make them indispensable in a wide range of applications, including aerospace, automotive, construction, biomedical, and energy sectors.

The high-performance biomedical polymer composite design needs to represent a trade-off between the strength, biocompatibility, and degradation that cannot be accomplished using conventional design methods.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already become a ground-breaking tool of streamlining polymer composite implants to enhance both mechanical strength and biocompatibility simultaneously.

Another potential solution to improving the results of tissue engineering is smart polymer composite scaffolds, which are capable of dynamic adaptation to changing biological factors, but typical scaffolds cannot change dynamically.

The biomedical composite materials are intelligent failure-detecting, which is necessary to ensure the reliability, safety, and durability of the current healthcare equipment.