Emerging Polymer-Based Nanomaterials: Innovative Fabrication and Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposite Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface modification of polymers; DC and RF plasma; biomaterials; polymer composites; chemical and morphological characterization of polymers; circular eco-technologies
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Interests: design and development of advanced phosphorus-containing polymeric and nanocomposite materials; polymer–nanoparticle composites and hybrid materials; functional coatings and surface engineering; sustainable and circular-economy-oriented polymer materials; materials for environmental, industrial, and advanced technological applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-based nanomaterials are considered promising candidates for solving pressing current global challenges that create enormous resources for possible applications from biomedicine to environmental science. The design of these nanomaterials can be realized by rational manipulation of the morphology, structure, and chemical composition of individual constituents. Polymeric nanomaterials have shown their highly appreciable performance in chemical, physical, and mechanical properties by combining their unique morphology, nanoscopic size, and gigantic surface. Moreover, the surface chemistry and physical characteristics of polymeric nanomaterials, as well as their primary function, can be tailored for specific requirements.
Practical approaches on how to build a new family of nanomaterials are elaborated by discussing various strategies to form polymer-based nanomaterials, including some principles of supramolecular coordination chemistry, novel peptide modification, physical constructions, surface and interface designs, and some synthetic methodologies. Special Issues of nanoclusters, multifunctional materials, supramolecular polymers, light-emitting materials, and both hydrophobic and hydrophilic nanoparticles are important to instruct how one should form core–shell architectures or molecular superstructures that exhibit unique physical, electrical, and optical properties.
The development of polymer-based nanomaterials is still in its infancy. In order to meet the requirements of diverse applications, polymer-based nanomaterials must be designed and fabricated with unique properties and functions. On the one hand, even today, precisely coordinating the polymer properties with macroscopic material parameters, e.g., strength, elasticity, electrical conductivity, etc., remains a significant challenge to polymer scientists. On the other hand, the design and fabrication of advanced polymer-based nanomaterials and their diversified applications also need extensive cross-cooperation among molecular chemists, biologists, physicists, engineers, etc.
This Special Issue focuses on presenting the fabrication and applications of polymer-based nanomaterials. We encourage authors to contribute original research articles and review articles covering the recent progress on polymer-based nanomaterials to present the potential of these materials in the above-mentioned fields.
Dr. Magdalena Aflori
Dr. Tachita Vlad-Bubulac
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer-based nanomaterials
- biomimetic materials
- composite materials
- surface modifications
- stimuli-responsive
- (multi)functional nanomaterials
- synthetic and natural polymers
- micropatterns
- circular eco-technologies
- circular-economy-oriented polymer materials
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