Ionic Interfaces in Smart Polymer Nanomaterials, Volume II
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 1217
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ionic liquids; nanocomposites; ionic liquid monomers; epoxy thermosets; composites; recycling of thermosets; polymer-ionic liquid materials
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Interests: 2D materials-based polymer composites and blends; ionic interphases in polymer blends and composites; self-assembling nanomaterials; biopolymer-based composites and blends
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Interests: microwave-assisted synthesis of polymers and nanocomposites; ionic liquids; epoxy nanomaterials; bio-based and biodegradable polymers; polyurethane synthesis and degradation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Materials sciences have a major role in meeting the current global challenges such as environmental stewardship; the production, storage, and conversion of energy; and cost-effective transportation, leading the research towards designing advanced polymer materials that consider both their shelf- and end-of-life. Through the concept “function through structural design”, the development of easy and new production methods is crucial for preparing innovative polymer materials solutions and thus ensures a sustainable future. Consequently, in recent years, the polymer materials community has put a great deal of effort into designing innovative polymer materials that are engineered to be multifunctional or task-specific, presenting enhancement in properties such as ionic conductivity, chemical and thermal stability, mechanical performance, fire retardancy, barrier properties, self-healing ability, and shape memory behavior. This can be effectively achieved by altering the interphase behavior of these polymer systems, both via chemical modification or incorporating additives/fillers such as block copolymers, ionomers, organic–inorganic hybrid materials, or inorganic-rich nano-objects. Among these, the application of (poly)ionic liquids, eutectic solvents, and eutectic molecular liquids have presented many new opportunities within the last decade, since small amounts of these compounds can impart dramatic interphase modifications to polymer materials due the production of vast physical interphase bonding, including the formation of ionic bonding. Especially considering their unique set of physico-chemical properties as well as their multitude of chemical structures, they represent a promising new path to design and creation of new multifunctional and task-specific polymeric materials.
Dr. Sébastien Livi
Dr. Ricardo Keitel Donato
Dr. Hynek Beneš
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- interphase
- interfacial agents
- thermosets
- functional properties
- (poly)ionic liquids
- polymer blends
- nanocomposites, composites
