Functional Group-Modified Polymers: Property Investigation and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 232
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue covers the synthesis, characterization, and application of functionalized polymers and nanocomposites for environment protection, energy conversion, and sensors. In these fields, polymers are dominant due to their satisfying performance, cost-effectiveness, controllable membrane structures, properties, and scalable production capacity. To further ameliorate their performance in terms of selectivity, stability, reactivity, and transport, their functionalization with nanoparticles and/or functional groups such as sulfonic, carboxyl, and quaternary ammonium represents a new winning strategy.
Dr. Simona Filice
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer
- photocatalysis
- sulfonation
- water purification
- coating
- energy
- antibacterial
- antibiofouling
- sensors
- transport
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