Reprint
Polymers and Ionic Liquids
Shaping up a New Generation of High Performances Nanomaterials
Edited by
November 2020
152 pages
- ISBN 978-3-03943-308-7 (Hardback)
- ISBN 978-3-03943-309-4 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Polymers and Ionic Liquids: Shaping up a New Generation of High Performances Nanomaterials that was published in
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Summary
The main objective of polymer materials scientists is to develop and design high performance polymer-based materials via the introduction of block copolymers, ionomers or inorganic-organic hybrids, in order to introduce functionalities such as mechanical reinforcement, gas barrier properties, fire retardancy, shape memory behavior or self-healing ability. In the last ten years, ionic liquids have demonstrated huge potential as new components within polymer-based materials, leading to a wide range of applications. Due to their many physical-chemical properties, as well as their various possible combinations, ionic liquids represent a new path to produce multifunctional materials.