Green and Biodegradable Additives and Fillers for Polymers
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 March 2021) | Viewed by 3838
Special Issue Editors
Interests: UHMWPE; PEEK; implant retrieval analysis; polymers degradation; antioxidants
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Interests: polymer degradation and stability; electrospinning; nanocomposites; carbon materials; flame retardant; biomedical polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The reduction of fossil resources, increase in energy demand, and global warming are stimulating the growth in demand for renewable polymeric products with low environmental impact. Alternatives to fossil-derived polymeric materials have sparked growing interest among researchers and industrialists and advances in technology have opened up new windows of opportunity to explore the potential of biopolymers. “Green” attention has often been focused on the polymer alone or at most on the production process. However, polymeric materials are rarely usable in pure form. Since the beginnings of the plastics industry, it has been necessary to add a variety of substances to a base polymer to make it at least processable. It has also been clear that additives are needed to obtain polymeric products suitable for most applications, to improve desirable properties and to eliminate or mitigate undesirable properties. As a result, a multitude of chemicals is generally needed to obtain adequate properties and the durability of the polymeric product, such as fillers, flame retardants, antioxidants, pigments, and so on. Hence, it is unimaginable to develop new polymers based on green chemistry paradigms without applying the same approach to additives and fillers.
This Special Issue will focus on original and innovative research in the field of green and biodegradable additives and fillers for polymers. Submissions are welcome on topics related to green additives, naturally sourced fillers, and their applications in the production and recycling of low-impact polymeric products.
Prof. Dr. Pierangiola Bracco
Prof. Dr. Marco Zanetti
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Green additives
- Green polymers
- Environmentally friendly plastics
- Sustainable polymers
- Biocomposites
- Biodegradable plastics
- Materials for a circular economy
- Renewable resources
- Waste valorization
