Advances in Rheology of Bio-Based Polymeric Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 2613
Special Issue Editor
Interests: rheology; nonlinear rheology; Rheo-Particle Image Velocimetry (Rheo-PIV); biopolymers; crosslinking; polysaccharides; bioprocesses; lab-scale prototypes
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological processes and phenomena in multi-component systems are critically based on deep knowledge and physical interpretations of the underlying interaction mechanisms. Nowadays, bio-based polymeric materials are a considerable section of the utilized materials in those processes, if not the main one. Their mechanical properties should be explained under various physical conditions and decisively influence their application processability. Rheological characterization is an efficient characterization procedure because of its unique ability to interpret stress–strain or stress–shear rate relations. Established and contemporary methods, such as LAOS or in situ characterization, can reveal the entire mechanical spectrum of biopolymer solutions and mixtures. Therefore, obtaining the material behavior under different shearing conditions is particularly important, from typical small amplitude linear responses to large-scale nonlinear responses, including shear thinning or thickening and yielding.
The current Special Issue in Polymers is entitled “Advances in Rheology of Bio-based Polymeric Materials.” The target is advances in rheological characterizations of a wide range of polymeric systems, focusing on aqueous systems, such as hydrogels, but not limited to such systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on the microstructural impact on the rheological response. Thus, a sufficient comprehension of the mechanical response lies in effectively associating and explaining the macroscopic rheology with the microstructural characteristics. Contributions with mainly experimental work on oscillatory and steady shear, elongational, and interfacial characterization are welcome.
Dr. Thomas Goudoulas
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- shear rheology
- oscillatory rheology
- interfacial rheology
- linear viscoelasticity
- nonlinear viscoelasticity
- in situ characterization
- biopolymers
- biomaterials
- sol–gel transition
- microstructural interpretation
