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Cork Composites for Sustainable E-micromobility Safety

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Bicycle helmets are mainly composed of thermoplastic components and expanded foams based on oil-derived materials. These seem not to be an option for users of electric vehicles in the context of micromobility. Focusing on standing e-scooters, head injuries are among the most common forms of trauma among its users. The literature indicates a critical need for novel and innovative personal protective gear. Cork composites and structures have shown great potential to be a sustainable alternative to materials employed in protective devices with the role of impact energy absorption. This chapter presents cork composites and cork-based structures as sustainable options for e-micromobility safety.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by National Funds by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the project 2022.04022.PTDC with the following DOI: 10.54499/2022.04022.PTDC (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.04022.PTDC). This article/thesis/book was supported by the projects UIDB/00481/2020 and UIDP/00481/2020 – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, DOI 10.54499/UIDB/00481/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00481/2020) and DOI 10.54499/UIDP/00481/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/00481/2020).

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    Fábio A. O. Fernandes, João B. S. S. Ferreira & Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa

  2. LASI – Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory, Guimarães, Portugal

    Fábio A. O. Fernandes & Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa

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Fernandes, F.A.O., Ferreira, J.B.S.S., Alves de Sousa, R.J. (2024). Cork Composites for Sustainable E-micromobility Safety. In: Gürgen, S. (eds) Cork-Based Materials in Engineering. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51564-4_5

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