Special Issue "Bioinspired Polymers"

Guest Editor
Dr. Helmut Schlaad
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Dept. of Colloid Chemistry, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
Website: http://www.mpikg.mpg.de/english/03-colloidChemistry/researchGroups/Schlaad/index.html
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Interests: methods of living/controlled ionic polymerization and ring-opening polymerization of heterocycles; polymer modification, \"thio-click\" chemistry; size-exclusion chromatography; polymer colloids and films, composite materials; bioinspired structure formation of polymers, hierarchical structures, polymer complexes

Dear Colleagues,

Nature has developed many sophisticated systems, materials and concepts/mechanisms, the transfer of which to technical applications would be highly desirable. However, for feasibility and economic reasons, biological systems often cannot be applied directly but serve as an inspiration for a technological solution. A typical example is the fabrication of structured surfaces having self-cleaning properties based on the Lotus effect®.
This special issue is intended to highlight any kind of bioinspired/biomimetic use or application of synthetic polymers, for instance for the generation of hierarchical structures, structural and functional materials, stimuli-responsive/“smart” colloids and surfaces, or as additives for biomineralization, etc.

Dr. Helmut Schlaad
Guest Editor

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• bioinspired/biomimetic
• polymers
• stimuli-responsive materials
• functional materials
• supramolecular structures