Polymers: Towards a Zero-Emission Development
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biorefinery processes; agro-food wastes; biomaterials; chemical functionalization; food packaging
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; biomass valorization; flow chemistry; mechanochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent environmental concerns have forced government and scientific institutions to direct/drive their efforts towards social consciousness of zero-emissions. Our society has been built on the basis of polymeric materials (for applications in construction, transport, and packaging, among others) derived from fossil resources, which are gradually being replaced by other sustainable raw materials of renewable origin. In this framework of sustainable development, research on polymeric materials to reduce the environmental impact caused by due production processes with high pollutant emissions or fossil resources with low renewability is crucial.
This Special Issue of the Polymers encompasses this challenge, and will consider works on
- New polymeric substitutes of renewable origin whose use implies an actual reduction in environmental impact;
- Polymers whose production involves the development of novel methodologies capable of reducing the environmental impact of the chemical industry (such as capture of CO2, NOx, and other GHG or polluting molecules);
Polymeric formulations developed to reduce polluting effluents from industry (chelating agents, molecule scavengers, supported green catalysts, etc.).
Dr. Araceli García
Dr. Antonio Pineda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable polymers
- eco-footprint
- CO2 capture
- environmental impact
- zero-emissions
- trap contaminants
