Advanced Polymeric Biocomposites: Synthesis, Characterizations, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2024) | Viewed by 20605
Special Issue Editors
2. Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov St., 050044 Bucharest, Romania
3. Doctoral School of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independenței Blv, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: environment protection; sturgeon monitoring; water quality monitoring; numerical simulation
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Interests: elastomeric and elasto-plastic materials; polymeric composites reinforced with natural fibers; nanocomposites; influence of radiation on polymers; waste valorization; physical–mechanical properties; rheological properties; chemical properties; biodegradability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite you to submit original research articles and review papers, covering the most recent advances in the chemical design, synthesis, modification, and characterization of polymeric materials for environmental applications. Particular emphasis is placed on structure–property relationships, crosslinking mechanisms, and physico-chemical interactions governing the performance of polymers in environmental systems.
We welcome contributions focused on the development of new polymeric materials and composites derived from both synthetic and natural resources, as well as from waste streams, with attention to their chemical stability, degradation behavior, and environmental compatibility, the development of new polymeric materials for various environmental applications, and the production of new polymers and polymeric materials from natural resources or waste.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Development of new polymeric materials for water and soil decontamination, with emphasis on adsorption mechanisms, chemical interactions, and selective binding of pollutants (e.g., heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, pesticides and chemical products).
- Design and preparation of polymeric biocomposites for environmental protection applications that meet a series of properties, such as good resistance to oxidation, water, organic solvents, or industrial pollutants, exhibit controlled biodegradability, and do not release harmful chemicals into the environment over time.
- Bioconversion of agro-industrial waste into polymers;
- Development of new sustainable polymeric materials;
- Creation of new types of biodegradable packaging.
Dr. György Deák
Dr. Maria Daniela Stelescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioplastics
- polymer biocomposites
- ecological packaging
- polymer waste recovery
- microplastics
- photocatalytic polymers
- conductive polymers
- polymeric membranes
- biodegradation of polymers
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