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Processing, Property and Application of Degradable Polymers and Polymeric Composites

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 608

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Dear Colleagues,

Degradable polymers and composites have gained significant attention for their potential to address environmental challenges. Recent research focuses on processing, optimizing mechanical properties, enhancing degradation control, and expanding packaging, agriculture, and biomedicine applications. These materials contribute to sustainability by reducing plastic waste, utilizing renewable resources, and supporting green manufacturing. This Special Issue invites original research and reviews on topics including material design, processing techniques, structure-property relationships, degradation mechanisms, and applications of degradable polymers and composites. Join us in advancing eco-friendly materials for a sustainable future! 

Prof. Dr. Wen Lei
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  • degradable
  • polymer
  • composite
  • processing
  • property
  • application

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Research Progress on Vegetable Oil-Based UV-Curing Resins
by Wei Wang, Zhengru Hu and Wen Lei
Polymers 2025, 17(14), 1890; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17141890 - 8 Jul 2025
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As a large class of natural organic compounds, vegetable oil is generally composed of 95% fatty acid triglycerides and very few complex non-triglycerides. It has many advantages, such as sufficient yield, low price, distinct structural characteristics, and biodegradability. UV curing technology is known [...] Read more.
As a large class of natural organic compounds, vegetable oil is generally composed of 95% fatty acid triglycerides and very few complex non-triglycerides. It has many advantages, such as sufficient yield, low price, distinct structural characteristics, and biodegradability. UV curing technology is known as a new method for the green industry in the 21st century due to its high efficiency, economy, energy conservation, high adaptability, and environmental friendliness. Therefore, UV-curable resins based on UV-curing technology has attracted widespread attention, converting epoxy soybean oil, castor oil, tung oil and other vegetable oils into high-performance plant oil-based UV-curable resins with higher molecular weight, multi-rigid ring and high reactivity, and the curing performance has been greatly improved, and the technology has been widely used in the field of polymer materials such as coatings, inks and adhesives. In this article, the recent research progress on this topic was summarized, and emphasis was put on the research on the resins from soybean oil and castor oil. Full article
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