Polymers and Composite Materials

J. A. Qayyum, A. Li, J. Wu, Y. Lyu, V. Koutsos, H. Zhang, N. Radacsi, D. Yang. On the printability and inter-layer adhesion in 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced PEEK composite using tape and filament. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2024, 108654 

Y. Lyu, A. Li, J. Wu, V. Koutsos, C. Wang, C. M. Ó Brádaigh, D. Yang. Enhanced mechanical performance of 3D printed continuous carbon fibre reinforced polyphenylene sulphide composites through dopamine treatment and post-processing compression. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2024, 108627

Y. Lyu, V. Koutsos, C. M. Ó Brádaigh, D Yang. Improving the interfacial adhesion between recycled carbon fibres and polyphenylene sulphide by bio-inspired dopamine for advanced composites manufacturing. Journal of Cleaner Production 2024, 449, 141855

J. M. Maguire, V. Koutsos, D. Ray. Vacuum-infused thermoplastic fibre-metal laminates–Advances in bonding and recycling. Materials Today Communications 2023, 37, 106961

S. Kolahgar-Azari, A. Kagkoura, D. Mamalis, J. R. Blackford, P. Valluri, K. Sefiane, V. Koutsos. Semicrystalline Polymer Micro/Nanostructures Formed by Droplet Evaporation of Aqueous Poly (ethylene oxide) Solutions: Effect of Solution Concentration. Langmuir 2022, 38 (49), 15063–15076

S. Palola, F. Javanshour, S. Kolahgar Azari, V. Koutsos, E. Sarlin. One Surface Treatment, Multiple Possibilities: Broadening the Use-Potential of Para-Aramid Fibers with Mechanical Adhesion. Polymers 2021, 13 (18), 3114

V. Koutsos. Chapter 27: Polymers: Types, Properties and Applications. In Construction Materials: Their Nature and Behaviour edited by M. Soutsos, & P. Domone, 5th ed. CRC press: Boca Raton, pp. 321-333, 2017

V. Koutsos. Chapter 46: Polymeric materials: an introduction. In ICE Manual of Construction Materials edited by Mike Forde, Thomas Telford Publishing: London, pp. 571 -577, 2009

V. Koutsos. Chapter 48: Engineering properties of polymers. In ICE Manual of Construction Materials edited by Mike Forde, Thomas Telford Publishing: London, pp. 585 - 591, 2009