Nanostructured Polymeric Materials: Fabrication, Self-Assembly, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2016) | Viewed by 22557
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Interests: block copolymers; nanomaterials; functional materials; soft lithography; material science for cultural heritage
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Dear Colleagues,
It is evident that nanotechnology is a field of increasing importance in both academic and applicative research, and it is even clearer that “Nanostructured Polymeric Materials” represents a hot topic in current materials science, chemistry and nanotechnology fields. Such materials combine the traditional ease of synthesis and processing, strict control of functionality and architecture of polymers with the possibility of introducing a nanostructuration, either intrinsic (as in the case of block copolymers by self-assembly) or extrinsic, via the addition of nanofillers, or by further processing (e.g. lithographic processes).
Although polymeric nanocomposites are not excluded a priori, the attention of this Special Issue is focused on nanostructured polymeric materials with some degree of order, from intrinsically nanostructured block copolymers to porous polymeric materials prepared by different techniques, through nanomaterials prepared by templating, or polymer nanocomposites based on ordered metal or metal-oxide nanoparticles, etc.
This Special Issue has the objective to give both an idea to the average readers and fellows on the range of different methods which may be used to produce “Nanostructured Polymeric Materials” and, at the same time, a deeper view to the specialists on the most recent developments in such a wide research field.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit original papers, full reviews (with either an academic or didactic vision), mini-reviews, field views and communications on (but not limited to) the following different aspects of polymeric nanostructured materials:
- synthesis of nanostructured materials
- self-assembling materials
- block copolymers
- polymeric nanocomposites
- nanofabrication
- templating and templated techniques
- nanolithography, soft lithography, imprint lithography, etc.
- properties at the nanoscale
- ordering, orientation, etc.
- characterization techniques
- microemulsion polymerization, etc.
- applications
- future perspectives
- patents and commercial uses
In case of doubt as to whether your chosen subject is suitable, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I look forward to receiving your submissions and our future collaboration.
Prof. Dr. Massimo Lazzari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- self-assembly
- nanomaterials
- block copolymers
- nanofabrication
- nanolithography
- polymeric nanocomposites
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