Polymer Applications
A section of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Section Information
This section of Polymer Applications under Polymers is a right channel to publish all types of applications related to polymeric materials and their composites. All kinds of polymers, either conventional engineering polymer or newly developed one, from thermoset and thermoplastic to vitrimer, are included. Any applications, from traditional to advanced, are covered. Submission of manuscripts is not limited to the following hot fields.
• Biomedical applications of polymeric materials
• Polymeric material based flexible and stretchable electronics
• Functional polymers and their composites for sensors and actuators
• Polymer based LED
• Polymeric membranes
• Eco-friendly polymeric materials
• Functional polymeric textiles
• Polymeric self-healing materials
• Functional polymeric surfaces
• Applications of polymeric materials and their composites in energy generation and storage
• 3D/4D printing of polymeric materials and their composites
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Shape-Memory Polymers for Multiple Applications in the Materials World (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Advances in Polymer Composites II (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Advances in Natural Polymers: Extraction Methods and Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Polymers for Medical and Dental Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Advanced Polymeric Materials in Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Edible, Active and Intelligent Food Packaging Polymeric Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Advances in Polymeric Dental Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Polymeric Biosensors: Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Functional Polymers for Sensor Applications in Health and the Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Recent Advances in Applied Soft Matter (Deadline: 25 December 2023)
- Intelligent Active Micro/Nanoscale Matter for Smart Applications (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Polymers in Sensor Applications (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Polymer Materials and Food Science (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Magnetic Polymer Composites: Design and Application II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymeric Photocatalyst Composites: Synthesis, Processing and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advanced Properties in Amorphous Polymers (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Hydrogel Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymeric Materials in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Progress in the Formation of Polymer-Based Nanomaterials for New Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Applications of 3D Printing for Polymers 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymeric Materials for Wastewater Treatment Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Application of Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites as Structural Battery and Supercapacitor (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymer and Geopolymer Concrete Composites for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regeneration II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymer Materials with Adsorption Properties (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymer-Based Superhydrophobic Coatings and Films: Fabrication Principles and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Application of Polymeric Nanocomposites in Agriculture: Sustainable Solutions (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymers & Polymer Composites for Packaging Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polysaccharides in Food Industry II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Supramolecular Polymer Assembly and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Application of Polymers and Their Composites in Energy Storage (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- 3D Printing of Polymer Composites (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Conducting Polymers for Advanced Applications Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Application of Polymeric Materials in the Building Industry II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Versatile Polymers for Batteries II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Polymers for Electronics and Photonics (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Preparation and Application (Deadline: 5 January 2024)
- Polymeric Materials as Drug Delivery Vehicles and Tissue Engineering Matrix (Deadline: 5 January 2024)
- Polymers for Adsorption Applications (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Flexible Electronics Applications of Polymer Materials (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Polymer Materials in Sensors, Actuators and Energy Conversion II (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Conducting Polymer Composites for Water Purification (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Advances in Polymer Applied in Batteries and Capacitors (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Plastics II (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Polymer Composites in Biomedical Applications III (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Polymer-Based Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Advanced Polymers in Food Industry II (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Natural Polysaccharides and Their Biological Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Advanced Polymer-Based Materials for Dental Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Advanced Polymers in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Advances in Synthesis and Application of Biomedical Polymer Materials (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Advances in Polymer-Based Materials and Fabrication Processes for Microfluidic Applications II (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Polymer-Based Materials for Sensors II (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Polymers Strategies in Dental Therapy (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Nanostructured Conducting Polymers (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Polymeric Materials in Heavy Metal Treatment (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Polymers and Phase Change Materials: Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Drug Delivery II (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Porous Polymers for Absorption and Separation Applications (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- New Insight into Bio-Based Polymers in Packaging Materials (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Recent Developments in Functional Polymer Composites and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymers/Their Hybrid Materials for Optoelectronic Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Geopolymers: Recent Research and Future Prospect (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Research and Application of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Functionalization of Composite Materials by Polymeric Nanofibers (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advance in Preparation and Application of Chitosan, Chitin and Their Composites II (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advances in High-Performance Polymer Materials (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Progress in Antimicrobial Polymer Materials (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Application of the Advanced Polymer Materials in Water Treatment (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Multifunctional Polymers for Food Packaging (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymers in Space Exploration and Spacecraft (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Multifunctional Application of Electrospun Fiber (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymers Solar Cells: Prospects and Challenges (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymer-Based Sensor II (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Novel Soft Matters for Flexible Electronics and Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Catalysis and Energy Storage (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Polymer-Based Colloids: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 5 February 2024)
- Modification and Application of Fluorescent Polymers (Deadline: 5 February 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Polymers and Their Composites Applied in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Research on Functional Polymer Materials as Electrode Materials or Electrolytes (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Development and Application of Polymer Scaffolds (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Cellulose Fiber Polymer Composites (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Polymer Based Electronic Devices and Sensors III (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- 3D Printing of Polymer Composites (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Polymers: Application in Cancer Nanotheranostics, Especially Drug Delivery (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Harnessing Smart Functional Polymers for Energy and Environmental Solutions (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Polyelectrolytes in Interdisciplinary Research: Energy to Biology (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Nanoporous Polymer Composites (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Development and Application of Polymers in Solar Cells and Supercapacitors (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- 3D-Printed Polymer and Composite Materials for Dental Applications (Deadline: 23 February 2024)
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Clean and Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 23 February 2024)
- Advanced Polymer Composites in Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Polymer Foam and Its Engineering Application (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Advanced Conductive Polymers for Electrochemical Applications (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Electrospinning Technology to Produce Innovative Nanostructured Polymer Materials: Current Applications and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Polymer Composites for Packaging: Synthesis and Application (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Structure, Characterization, Performance, Applications of Polymer-Based Functional Hydrogels (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Advances in Biodegradable Polymeric Materials with Applications in the Food Industry (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Polymer Composites for Flexible Energy and Electronic Devices (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Advances in the Preparation and Application of Bio-Based Hydrogels (Deadline: 25 February 2024)
- Smart Polymer Sensors: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems: Design, Synthesis and Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Functional Polymers for Water and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Optics and Lasers in Polymers (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Advances in Functional Polymeric Composites for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- New Advances in Polymer-Based Surfactants (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Electrospun Nanofibers for Medical and Bio Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- High-Performance Polymeric Sensors II (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Functional Polymer Composites for Emerging Contaminants Control (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Functional Polymers for Separation and Purification Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Multifunctional and Smart Polymers in Food and for Food Packaging (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Polymer Materials and Modifying Additives (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Advances in Polymer-Based Sensors (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Functional Polymers in Energy Conversion, Management, and Storage (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Polymer Membranes for Separation Processes (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- High Performance Adsorbents: Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Advances in Electrospun Technology and Polymer Materials (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Polymers for Electronic Energy Storage Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Recent Developments in Polymer Composites for Photoelectrocatalytic Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Advanced Dielectric Composites: Trends and Progress (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Development of Photocatalytic of Coordination Polymers (CPs)/Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Application of Polymers in Food Sciences (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Smart Textile and Polymer Materials II (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Advance in Functional Lignocellulosic Materials (Deadline: 5 March 2024)
- Applications of Polymers in Sensors (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- New Progress in Polymer Materials for Food Packaging (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Polymers for Electronic and Energy Storage Devices (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Energy Storage and Fuel Cells Applications (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Novel Polymers in Sensors (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advances in Photoelectric Functional Polymer Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- New Studies on Polymer-Based Sensors (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering II (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Advances of Chitin and Chitosan-Based Materials: Preparation and Applications (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Polymer-Based Colorimetric and Electrochemical Sensors for Practical Applications (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Polymer Technology for Nanomedicine and Wound Healing (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Multifunctional Polymer Coatings: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Polymer-Based Multifunctional Materials for Water/Wastewater Remediation (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Applications of Functional Polymers with Special Photo and Electronic Properties (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Bio-Based Polymers' Application and Technology for Better Quality of Life (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Innovative Ionic Conductive Polymers (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Recent Development of Polymer Additives (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Bio-Based Polymers and Additives: Innovation, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Synthesis and Processing of Functional Polymer Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advanced Research on Conjugated Polymers (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advanced Polymers for Wastewater Treatment and Toxicant Removal (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advanced Epoxy-Based Materials IV (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- High Performance Polymers for Energy Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Conductive Polymers for Smart Textile Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Polymeric Intelligent Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Polymer-Based Luminescent Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Electrospun Composite Nanofibers for Functional Applications II (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Polymers for Energy Storage, Conversion and Recovery (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Polymer Materials and Food Science (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Polymer Composites in Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Polymer Packaging Materials: Design, Synthesis and Applications (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Polymer for Sustainable Construction—Recent Trends and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Resins for Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Advances in Porous Polymeric Networks: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Energy, Environment and Radiation Shielding (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Chitosan in Drug Delivery (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Printing of Polymer-Based Systems for Medical and Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Self-Assembled Block Copolymers: Advances, Applications, and Beyond (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Porous Organic Polymer Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Applications in the Food Industry (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials and Their Application in 3D Printing (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Polymer Sensors: Preparation, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Polymers for Electronics and Energy Devices (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Advanced Polymeric Scaffolds Applied in the Biomedical Field (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Application of Novel Polymer Coatings (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Polymer-Based Dielectric Composite Materials for Energy Applications (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Nanomaterials Template for Organic or Composite Polymers in Biomedical Application III (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials in 3D Printing (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Overviews on the Progress of Polymeric Materials for Dental Applications II (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymer-Based Materials for Batteries and Supercapacitors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Preparation and Characterization of Polymer-Based Electrolyte Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Solar Cells and Energy Storage (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advanced Hydrogels for Biomedical Application (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Functionalization and Medical Application of Polymer Materials: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Medical Application of Polymer-Based Composites IV (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Water/Wastewater Treatment Applications (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Applications of Advanced Polymer Photocatalysts (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Nanostructured Polymer Composites for Energy Conversion Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymer Composites for Biomedical and Environmental Applications II (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Recent Advances in Biodegradable Polymers for Medical Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymeric Materials in Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Polymer Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion System (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Polymeric Materials in Sensor Applications (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Biopolymers for Food Packaging and Agricultural Applications (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Application of Starch-Based Polymers in Food Industry (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Applications of Polymer-Based Absorbent Materials (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Soft Polymeric Materials: Synthesis, Characterizations and Applications (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Polymers in Food Technology and Food Packaging (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Advanced Conductive Polymers in Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Recent Developments in Electrospinning (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advanced Materials in 3D Printing Technology II (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Polymeric Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Advanced Polymer Materials in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Functional Polymeric Materials for Engineering and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- High-Performance Conducting Polymer Materials (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Applications of Polymer Materials in Energy Storage (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Polymers & Polymer Composites for Dental Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Application and Development of Polymers in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Polymers for Dental Applications: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Trends (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Polymer Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Polymeric Phase Change Materials (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advanced Electrically Conductive Polymers and Composites (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Resin Additives—Spices for Polymers (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Applications and Sustainability of Electrospinning (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in the Preparation, Properties and Application of Polyurethane, Cellulose and Their Composites (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Polymers and Polymer Composites for Tissue Engineering (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Functional Polymers and Novel Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Polymers in Pharmaceutical Technology II (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Environmental Friendly Synthesis, Modification and Application of Polymer (Deadline: 11 June 2024)
- Functional Hyperbranched/Dendritic/Linear Polymers: Synthesis, Applications, and Properties (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Advanced Polymeric Materials for Pharmaceutical Applications IV (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Polymers in Supercapacitor Technology (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Polymers and Their Role in Drug Delivery (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on Polymers (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Polymeric Composites: Manufacturing, Processing and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Application of Polymers in Sustainable Building Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Electrospun Nanofibers: Current Advances and Future Perspective (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Polymer Microspheres—Current Developments and Future Challenges (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Polymer Electrolyte: Recent Progress and Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Polymers Strategies in Energy Storage Device (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Polymeric Porous Materials for Advanced Applications (Deadline: 25 August 2024)
- Feature Papers in Polymer Applications II (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Recent Advances in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers and Emerging Polymeric Technologies for Hazardous Compounds (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Smart Polymers for Catalytic and Separation Processes (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances and Applications of Block Copolymers II (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Sustainable Biopolymer-Based Composites: Processing, Characterization, and Application II (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Applications of Polymers and Their Composites in Biotechnology (Deadline: 3 July 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Antibacterial Activity of Polymeric Materials
- Assessment of the Ageing and Durability of Polymers
- Electrochemical-Storage Technology with Polymer Science
- Electrospun Nanofibers
- Fire and Polymers
- Innovative Functional Textiles
- Polymer Applications in Environmental Science
- Polymer Materials for Adsorption Applications
- Polymeric Foams
- Polymeric Materials for COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment
- Polymers for Controlled Drug Release
- Polymers for Electrical and Optical Applications
- Polymers in Agriculture and Food Science (Closed)
- Polymers in Tissue Engineering
- Progress in Polymer Applications
