Luminescent Functional Polymers and Polymer Composites

Dear Colleagues,

Recently,  owing to their diverse structural and molecular designand rich photophysical properties, novel photofunctional polymer materials and polymer composites have been widely and wisely used in the fields of biomedical engineering, electroluminescence, organic solar cells, biological sensing and imaging, photodynamic therapy, and more. Synthetic chemists have been able to design and prepare a wide variety of photofunctional polymer materials and polymer composites. Structural studies of these materials have revealed the presence of novel photophysical phenomena, allowing a deeper understanding of the structure–property relationships and extending their potential applications, for example, into the fields of biomedical engineering, tumor therapy, transdermal drug delivery systems, electroluminescence, and organic solar cells. Thus, synthetic efforts in this field have produced a large number of photofunctional polymer materials and polymer composites with rich photophysical properties. This Special Issue on “Luminescent Functional Polymers and Polymer Composites” should become a timely status report summarizing and showcasing the fundamental progress and practical advancements made in recent years.

Dr. Peng Tao
Dr. Wenyi Wang
Guest Editors

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