Porous lightweight composites reinforced with fibrous structures

Part I. Hollow Fibers as Reinforcements

1. High-Performance Composites Produced from Dry-Processable Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Xin Wang, Jiangtao Di, Liwen Zhang, Qingwen Li, Philip D. Bradford, Yuntian T. Zhu

2. Composites Reinforced with Hollow Natural Organic Fibrous Structures
Narendra Reddy

Part II. Engineering Porous/Hollow Structures by Manipulating Reinforcing Fibers

3. Hollow/Porous Three-Dimensional Woven Structure Reinforced Composites
Chengyan Zhu, Wei Tian, Xiaoke Jin

4. Virtual Testing of Three-Dimensional Hollow/Porous Braided Composites
Chao Zhang, Wenzhi Wang

5. Hollow Three-Dimensional Knitted Structure Reinforced Composites
Yanping Liu, Hong Hu, Kun Xu

6. Advanced Grid Structure-Reinforced Composites
Jinhua Jiang, Nanliang Chen, Yi Geng, Huiqi Shao, Fangbing Lin

Part III. Foamed Porous Matrices for Weight Reduction

7. Porous Structures from Fibrous Proteins for Biomedical Applications
Helan Xu, Yiqi Yang, Jianyong Yu, Baozhong Sun

8. Porous Structures from Biobased Synthetic Polymers via Freeze-Drying
M. Fazley Elahi, Fujun Wang, Yan Li, Lu Wang

9. Porous Structures from Bio-Based Polymers via Supercritical Drying
J. A. Kenar

10. Carbon Nanotube-Based Aerogels as Preformed Porous Fibrous Network for Reinforcing Lightweight Composites
Marcus A. Worsley, James P. Lewicki, Theodore F. Baumann

Part IV. Applications: Current Status and Future Prospects

11. Porous Lightweight Composites Reinforced with Natural and Agricultural By-Product-Based Fibrous Structures
Shah Huda

12. Biobased Composites for Medical and Industrial Applications
M. Fazley Elahi, Guoping Guan, Lu Wang

13. High-Performance Composites and Their Applications
Baozhong Sun, Jianyong Yu

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