Physical Properties of Biopolymers

Dear Colleagues,

Biopolymers are natural polymers that are considered eco-friendly and sustainable. Recently, they have become increasingly important for both scientific and industrial sectors also due to their unique properties and wide availability as well. Biopolymers, encompassing polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharide, could be variously used in the food industry, manufacturing, packaging, and biomedical engineering. For several years, biopolymers combined with other components are regularly determined to have good mechanical properties, thermal stability, as well as proper physicochemical and morphological properties, and the physical properties of biopolymers widely vary for different biopolymer types and compositions, which play an important role on the application of biopolymers. While synthesis and chemical modification are regularly performed with the aim of finding applications for biopolymers, their proper physical characterization is still lacking.

Physical properties include geometric properties, rheological properties, interfacial phenomena, mass and density, permeability, thermal properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, electromagnetic properties, optical properties, acoustical properties, radioactivity, and on-line sensing. A better understanding of the physical properties of biopolymers will allow for optimum design of equipment and processes to ensure better applications, so knowledge of biopolymers’ physical properties is essential for their applications.

The goal of the presented Special Issue, entitled “Physical Properties of Biopolymers” in Polymers is to share the most significant research on the novel physical characterization of biopolymers as well as perspectives on future trends and challenges in this field. Therefore, we invite everyone to submit their research articles, review articles, and short communications to this Special Issue. However, submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a peer-review process handled by the Editorial Office in a fair and fast fashion.

Prof. Dr. Florian J. Stadler
Dr. Lei Du
Guest Editors

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.

• biopolymer
• water-soluble polymer
• rheology
• mechanical properties
• stimuli-responsiveness
• bio-composite
• polysaccharide
• spectroscopy
• protein
• nucleic acid (DNA,RNA)