Smart Polymeric Materials for Soft Electronics—2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 21
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Interests: self-healing materials; soft electronics; TENG; sensors; rare-earth materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Research on smart polymer materials has become increasingly popular in recent years. The capability of these materials to develop autonomous functions or to provide a desired response to external actions is of paramount importance for the development of active devices to be applied in advanced fields, especially those devoted to small-scale applications. Today, in modern polymer science, the use of a multidisciplinary approach—involving chemistry, physics, and engineering—is essential for successfully designing the desired components, making them suitable for specific applications. Modern smart gadgets, sensors, and actuators are often made from polymer materials; their functionality stems from their capacity to react to external stimuli with a discernible change. The triggering stimuli can be of a physical (temperature, light, electric or magnetic field, mechanical stress, etc.), chemical (pH, ligands, etc.), or biological (enzymes, etc.) nature, depending on the sensitivity of the material. A smart material may be created when its responsiveness at the molecular level is well organized, and its nanoscale response has a collective impact at the macroscale.
In the present Special Issue, the list of topics provided is only indicative and by no means exhaustive; we welcome new studies or review articles on smart polymeric materials and their applications. We anticipate that these contributions will cover a range of polymer systems, as well as the key traits, processes, and properties of smart polymers, both at the continuum scale level and at the molecular level for varied applications.
Dr. Naveen Tiwari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- sensors
- nanocomposite
- stretchable
- soft electronics
- biomedical
- polymer chemistry
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