Structure-Properties Relationships in Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 3452
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rheology; polymer; melts and solutions; colloid systems; multicomponent systems; crude oil; oil emulsions; polysaccharides; gelling; gels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As old as world is the statement: material’s properties depend on its nature and structure. Nonetheless, let us take a closer look into that phrase.
The search for new materials with a valuable set of properties has never stopped, provoking the synthesis of new materials and/or the addition of the substances new or never used for that purpose to the composed materials.
The structure study is the first and necessary step in the characterization of the synthesized material. The methods used are, for example, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), NMR-spectroscopy, electron microscopy, neutron scattering, chromatography, thermal methods, etc. Furthermore, all the methods are constantly upgrading to become more precise, convenient, and applicable.
The situation is a bit more complex in studying multicomponent and reinforced materials since the direct investigation by the above mentioned methods can be challenging. For these materials, the methods of indirect structure estimation play the leading role; for example, rheological, mechanical, optical (especially for crystallizing and liquid crystal materials), various types of conductivity measurements, etc. The determination of relationships between polymer structure and its processing is also worth mentioning.
I truly hope that the Special Issue devoted to the establishing relationships between the structure and properties of polymeric materials will highlight new aspects in polymer science and arouse great interest among scientists.
Dr. Marianna P. Arinina
Dr. Kirill Zuev
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers
- structure
- new materials
- synthesis
- composites
- polymer processing
- rheology
- X-ray diffraction analysis
- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
- NMR-spectroscopy
- electron microscopy
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