Advances in Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials and Composites

Dear Colleagues,

Polymers are widely used in our daily lives due to their light weight, ease of production, and good processability. However, most of them are combustible. With the increasing concern around fire hazards, flame-retardant polymeric materials have been rapidly developed in recent decades. Lately, considerable efforts have been dedicated to the construction of flame-retardant materials, including plastics, rubbers, fabrics, coatings, and adhesives. This Special Issue in Polymers aims to collectively disseminate state-of-the-art research concerning challenges and innovations in the development of flame-retardant polymeric materials based on a scientific and technological understanding of fire-safe conceptualization, fire-suppression mechanisms, and fire protection applications. 

We invite the research community to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting perspectives, review articles, full papers, short communications, and technical papers. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Phosphorus-based fire retardants;
• Nano-structured fire retardants;
• Fire assessments;
• Fire-retardant modes of action;
• Ignition behaviors;
• Smoke suppression;
• Fire simulation;
• Fire reaction;
• Fire toxicity;
• Fire-retardant composites;
• Multifunctional fire-retardant polymers;
• Fire protection of construction materials;
• Functional fire-safe road pavement materials;
• Fire-retardant fabrics;
• Fire-resistant coatings;
• Fire-retardant phase-change materials;
• Fire-retardant battery materials;
• Fire-sensing coatings and structures;
• Bio-based intrinsic flame-retardant polymers;
• Bio-based fire retardants;
• Fire-retardant fiber-reinforced polymer composites;
• Fire safety of tunnels;
• Fire safety of coal mines;
• Fire protection of woods.

Dr. Jun Sun
Prof. Dr. Lubin Liu
Guest Editors

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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-anonymized 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.

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