Recent Research on Thermal-Conductivity Polymers
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecular Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 121
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; composites; nanomaterials; heat transport; thermal conductivity
Interests: polymers; polymer engineering; heat transport; advanced manufacturing; devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce this Special Issue, dedicated to recent advances in polymer-based materials with enhanced thermal conductivity, a topic of growing importance for thermal management in electronics, energy devices, and advanced manufacturing. While polymers traditionally exhibit low intrinsic thermal conductivity, recent progress in molecular design, composite engineering, and processing strategies has led to substantial improvements in heat transport performance.
Contributions in this issue address the use of high-thermal-conductivity fillers, as well as approaches to reduce interfacial thermal resistance and tailor phonon transport pathways. We also highlight emerging concepts, including anisotropic thermal transport, bio-inspired and hierarchical architectures, and multifunctional polymer systems that combine thermal, mechanical, and electrical functionalities.
By bringing together fundamental studies and scalable fabrication strategies, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends and identify key challenges and opportunities for designing next-generation thermally conductive polymers for high-performance applications.
Dr. Luis Marcelo Lozano-Sánchez
Dr. Yanfei Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermally conductive polymers
- thermal management
- polymer composites
- phonon transport
- high thermal conductivity fillers
- anisotropic heat transfer
- interface engineering
- advanced manufacturing
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