New Green Polymer Materials and Their Promising Applications Towards Artefacts Surface Treatments
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 248
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Interests: synthesis; characterization and applying of nanomaterials; nanocomposites; metal complexes; gels and polymers for different purposes (water purification, solar cells, sensors, nano-cleaning, making thin films as protective coatings, and consolidation and restoration of wood and stone artifacts)
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, scientists have been focusing on using green materials and products in their research activities, as these help to reduce or eliminate hazardous substances. At the most basic level, research into green materials aims to develop alternatives to traditional materials or processes that offer an environmental advantage. Natural polymer materials (of animal or vegetable origin) have been used as protective coatings or varnishes for wood and stone substrates, which protect them from light, dust, humidity, and climatic changes, and improve the mechanical properties and aesthetical appearance of their surfaces. However, natural polymer materials undergo deterioration due to different factors. Therefore, it is important to find appropriate solutions or methods to overcome these declines and to develop durable polymer materials. On the other hand, several hydrogels have been produced by using natural polymer materials and can be used as tools for cleaning artefact surfaces prior to their conservation or restoration.
Toward this goal, we are assembling a Special Issue of Polymers which aims to encourage researchers and to provide them with a platform on which to publish their novel studies by describing the synthesis, course of degradation, and durability of new green polymers. In particular, the development of new green polymer materials for artefact surface treatments, such as cleaning tools (hydrogels), surface protective coatings, and consolidation products, is a research topic we especially welcome submissions on.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome for submission.
Dr. Maduka Lankani Weththimuni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green polymers
- hydrogels
- artefacts
- protective coatings
- consolidation agent
- different substrates
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