Aerospace Polymers

High Performance Polymers, Lightweight Engineering and Composite Manufacturing
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-3-11-222745-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: De Gruyter STEM

Aerospace Polymers offers a comprehensive exploration of how advanced polymer science is revolutionizing the aerospace sector. Bridging chemical fundamentals with real-world engineering applications, this book delves into the formulation of high-performance resins, innovative composite manufacturing techniques, and the growing emphasis on sustainability in aerospace materials. It provides in-depth insights into the molecular design of aerospace polymers, their structure–property relationships, and the processing technologies that enable lightweight, durable, and multifunctional aerospace components. The book also addresses the environmental impact of aerospace composites and explores emerging strategies for recycling, reusability, and circularity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumru, Baris

Lorenz, Niklas

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere

Über Autor(innen)

Baris Kumru is a polymer chemist by education and obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. From 2022 to 2025 he has been an assistant professor (permanent) at the Delft University of Technology in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. There he merged his skills on polymer and energy materials in scalable aerospace materials engineering context. Since October 2025, he is employed at VISTEC in Thailand at Energy Science and Engineering Faculty.  His current interests are lightweight engineering, photocatalysis technologies for energy generation on Earth and space, scalable energetic materials, sustainable/recyclable polymer systems for aerospace applications. He has secured notable amount of grants, mostly industrial, summing up more than a million Euros and he has been recognized as influential scientist in 2022 by American Chemical Society’s Industrial&Engineering Chemistry Research. His work has been featured on few public platforms as diverse as KLM Airlines in-flight magazine.