Advance in Nanostructured Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Nanostructured polymers are a remarkably interesting class of materials suitable for an incredibly diverse range of applications depending on the polymers used, whether they are doped, and also the solvents used in the fabrication process. Nanostructured polymers are certainly a unique class of materials that can take on different functional forms.

Polymers today may be considered to be structural or functional, and often most interestingly when they form nanostructured composites. They may often require simple or low-cost processing steps, and this can make them particularly attractive. Examples include solvent cast, electrospun nanofibre membranes through to aerogels. Polymers may be water or solvent soluble, and a range of additives can be introduced, such as nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide (GO), reduced GO, etc. to functionalise them. Formed polymers may take different physical forms and require post-fabrication processing steps, for example, to add electrodes in functional systems.

This Special Issue aims to address the latest research devoted to exploring the potential to develop new and novel nanostructured polymers, to explore the materials processing required and the methods used to evaluate their intrinsic characteristics, as well as to analyse their functionality for a diverse range of applications. Research articles focusing on the development of novel biocompatible nanostructured polymers that can be applied in environmental, health, and life sciences and bioinspired soft robotics are especially welcome. Nanostructured polymers that can be developed for larger-scale applications are strongly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. David Jenkins
Guest Editor

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