Advanced Polymeric Materials: Structure Property Relationships
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1546
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; thermoplastics and thermosetting systems composed of nanoclays; carbon nanotubes; nanosilica; poss; graphene; inorganic nanoparticles; effect of process parameters on orientation and properties; advanced polymer nanocomposite coatings
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Interests: adhesives; coatings; nanotechnology; nanoparticles; biomedical polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The idea that polymers consist of numerous elongated chains or networks of covalently bonded atoms has been with us for a long time. Irrespective of whether the polymer is in a form of fiber, bulk plastic, thin coating, or adhesive, it consists of a backbone of covalently bonded atoms or polymer networks. The differences between the final properties depend to a large extent on the morphology, the network formation, the intermolecular secondary forces of homopolymers, and the interfacial forces of the constituents in hybrid polymer systems.
Advanced polymeric materials are those polymers that exhibit unique or enhanced properties relative to conventional polymers. Among them are polymer blends, nano- and microcomposites, electrically conductive and optically active polymers, biodegradable polymers, biomedical polymers, bioinspired polymers, dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, and vitrimers.
The objective of this Special Issue is to assemble research or review papers that can demonstrate the understanding and relationship between the structure and composition of advanced polymers with their unique properties, in the final processed part. This Special Issue seeks contributions from academic and research institutions as well as industrial entities.
Prof. Dr. Samuel Kenig
Prof. Dr. Hanna Dodiuk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- structure–property relationship
- advanced polymers
- hybrid polymer systems
- nano- and microcomposites
- electrical and optical active polymers
- biomedical polymers
