Functional UV-Curable Polymers and Their Composites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 645
Special Issue Editor
Interests: adhesives; photopolymerization; telomerization; acrylic resins; epoxy resins; functional materials; coatings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, much attention has been paid to functional materials. Many polymerization techniques have already been described that allow the introduction of functional groups or their modification. Nowadays, the challenge is not only polymerization on a laboratory scale but also on an industrial scale. Among the methods above, photopolymerization has been widely recognized for years due to the use of novel photopolymerization techniques, UV light sources, new initiator systems, and new monomers. The physicochemical properties of functional monomers, polymers, and composites determine their future applications, so it is important to study them in detail, including with new testing methods.
This Special Issue will present the most recent developments in high-performance functional UV-curable polymers and their composites, as well as their potential applications.
Dr. Agnieszka Kowalczyk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional monomers
- functional polymers
- functional resins
- functional materials
- coatings
- adhesives
- UV curing
- photopolymerization
- controlled polymerizations techniques
- composites
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