Polymers

Prof. Dr. David Julian McClements

Website
Section Board Member

Chenoweth Laboratory, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 102 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Interests: oral delivery systems; food biopolymers and colloids; gastrointestinal fate of nutrients and nutraceuticals; food nanotechnology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Tony McNally

Website
Section Board Member

International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Interests: Polymer Science; composites of polymers and 1D/2D nanomaterials; covalent/non-covalent functionalization of nanoparticles; the use of magnetic/electric fields, solid-state and melt processing techniques to orientate nanoparticles in polymers; polymer modified bitumen; polymer blends and mechanochemistry

Prof. Dr. Changtong Mei

Website
Section Board Member

College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Interests: wood fiber reinforced composites; Nano cellulose application

Prof. Dr. Stefano Valdo Meille

Website
Section Board Member

Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”, Milano, Italy
Interests: structural, morphological, thermal and modeling studies especially of synthetic polymers; biopolymers; small organic molecules; organometallics; inorganics; diffraction techniques; scattering approaches; microscopies; various spectroscopies; new structure determination and structure refinement methods; polymorphism; phase transitions; crystallization; ordering processes; self-assembly; structure-properties relationships of organic semiconducting materials for photovoltaic, sensing, and other electronic applications; polymer nanocomposites with organic and inorganic fillers

Prof. Dr. Andrea Mele

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: cyclodextring chemistry; structure and dynamics of cyclodextrins' inclusion complexes via NMR spectroscopy; cyclodextrin nanosponges and their applications; transport properties of solutes encapsulated in cyclodextrin polymers and related hydrogels; cyclodextrins' properties in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Kibret Mequanint

Website1 Website2 Website3
Section Board Member

School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada
Interests: tissue engineering; drug delivery; regenerative medicine; biomaterials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Interests: organic semiconducting devices; thin film transistors; luminescent conjugated polymer dots; pressure-sensitive sensors
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Alice Mija

Website
Section Board Member

Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, UMR CNRS 7272, Cedex 02, 06108 Nice, France
Interests: synthesis of (bio-sourced) monomers; polymers & resins; composites & nanocomposites; macromolecular chemistry and physico-chemistry; supramolecular systems; liquid crystals; self-assembly & self-organization; biomass and industrial waste valorization; thermosets recyclability & reprocessing; self-healing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Matteo Minelli

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Terracini, 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy
Interests: glassy polymers; diffusion; membranes for gas separation; transport properties; thermodynamic modelling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Placido Mineo

Website1 Website2
Section Board Member

Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: polymers for special uses; polymer-based materials for use in extraterrestrial environments; polymers containing porphyrinoids, fullerenes and metal complexes for sensing and catalysis; nanosystems decorated with macromolecules and/or drugs; spontaneous symmetry-breaking phenomena
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey R. Mitchell

Website
Section Board Member

Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Institute Polytechnic of Leiria, Rua de Portugal, 2430-028 Marinha Grande, Portugal
Interests: additive manufacturing; X-ray and neutron scattering coupled to operando experiments durng polymer processing ; functional materials; including electrically conductive polymers and liquid crystal elastomers
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Tetsu Mitsumata

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Materials Science & Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
Interests: stimuli-responsive soft materials; composite gel; magnetic responsive soft materials; biopolymers; polysaccharide
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Yoshiko Miura

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Interests: glycopolymer; molecular recognition; bio-interface; porous materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Takashi Miyata

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
Interests: gels; biomaterials; membranes; polymer surfaces and interfaces
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Graeme Moad

Website
Section Board Member

1. CSIRO Manufacturing, Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: whole of life strategies for polymer; polymer recycling; microplastics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Francesco Mollica

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: natural-fiber-filled polymers; non-newtonian fluid mechanics; composites; 3D printing; mechanical modeling; biomaterials; tissue engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Subhadip Mondal

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si 54896, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymer composites; polymer-fiber; wearable strain sensor; energy harvesting; EMI shielding; fiber reinforced polymeric materials

Prof. Dr. Nestor Montañés

Website
Section Board Member

Technological Institute of Materials (ITM), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell 1, 03801 Alcoy, Spain
Interests: biopolymer composites; polymer characterization; green compatibilizers; chain extenders from renewable resources; circular economy; polymers and composites with functional properties; natural fibers composites; recycling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Ferreira Morgado

Website
Section Board Member

Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: conjugated polymers; photoactive organic systems; organic light-emitting devices; organic solar cells; platforms to culture stem cells under electrical stimulation; molecular electronics

Prof. Dr. Yasuhiro Morisaki

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
Interests: conjugated polymer; optically active polymer; hetero-atom containing polymer; macrocycle; single molecular wire
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Marco Morreale

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Engineering and Architecture, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy
Interests: green composites and biocomposites; biodegradable polymers; nanocomposites; polymer blends; polymer processing; mechanical behaviour of polymer-based systems; rheological behaviour of polymer-based systems; aging of polymer-based systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Masoud Motavalli

Website
Section Board Member

Structural Engineering Laboratory, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Interests: application of advanced materials (such as fiber-reinforced polymer composites and shape memory alloys in civil engineering); structural rehabilitation and repair; seismic retrofitting; large and full scale laboratory and field experiments
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Sanjeeva Murthy

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Interests: biomaterials; device/scaffold fabrication, polymers, structure

Prof. Dr. Peré Mutjé

Website
Section Board Member

LEPAMAP Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain
Interests: pulp and paper; wood fibres; natural fiber composites; biopolymers
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Aziz Mansurovich Muzafarov

Website
Section Board Member

A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Vavilova St., GSP-1, V-334, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: new polymeric forms; structure–properties relationship; supramolecular organization; organosilicon compounds; hybrid organic-inorganic structures; active media concept; organoalkoxysilanes; chlorine-free technology; functional metallosiloxanes; dendrimers; hyperbranched polymers; highly crosslinked nanogels; multiarm stars; macromolecular brushes
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Changwoon Nah

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; elastomers; rubbers
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Tamaki Nakano

Website
Section Board Member

Institute for Catalysis and Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, N21 W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
Interests: side-chain π-electronic polymers; main-chain π-conjugated polymers; chirality, controlled polymerization; π-electronic supramolecular systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Dr. Ki-Ho Nam

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Textile System Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegue 41566, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymer chemistry; interface engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Prof. Dr. Sang Yong Nam

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
Interests: ion-exchange; polymers; fuel cell; electrolyte

Prof. Dr. Ravin Narain

Website
Section Board Member

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
Interests: polymer science and engineering; materials science; drug delivery; gene therapy; biomaterials bio-nanotechnology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Editorial Board

Members

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI