Polymeric Materials

Polymeric materials, owing to their versatile properties, have found numerous applications in various areas of our daily life, such as packaging (plastics), industry (in fabrication of spaceships, airplanes, bridges, high-performance cars, boats, sports equipment, 3D printing, etc.), civil engineering (polymer concrete), energy (polymer solar cells), and pharmaceutical industries. They cover many fields, e.g., soft matter, biomaterials, polymer chemistry, polymer physics, engineering, etc. The Section “Polymeric Materials” of Materials aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of polymeric materials, including preparation, characterization, processing, property, and application of plastics, as well as fibers, rubbers and their related composites. Its main scope is covered but not limited to the following aspects:

• Synthesis, characterization of polymers;
• Modification and self-assembly of polymers;
• Application of polymers;
• Modeling, processing engineering of polymers;
• Recycling of polymers;
• Green and sustainable chemistry in polymers.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Polymer in/on concrete;
• Polymeric materials for biomedical and environmental applications;
• Biopolymers;
• Advances in natural fibers and polymers;
• Additive manufacturing and 3D printing;
• Bio-printing and bio-fabrication;
• Coating and thin films;
• Polymeric material-based flexible and stretchable electronics;
• Functional polymers and their composites for sensors and actuators;
• Functional polymeric textiles;
• Polymeric self-healing materials;
• Functional polymeric surfaces;
• Polymer-based LED;
• Polymeric membranes;
• Eco-friendly polymeric materials.

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