Polymer Innovations in Bioactive Coatings
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Membranes and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 740
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface modification/grafting of polymers; food packaging (bioactive, responsive, biodegradable); stabilization of bioactive compounds; influence of radiation on polymers; polymer biodegradation; composites and nanocomposites; biocompatibility; electrospinning
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Interests: polymer degradation and stability; kinetics and mechanisms of thermal degradation; treatment/valorization of polymer waste; removal of heteroatoms from pyrolysis oils; use of natural compounds (e.g., essential/vegetable oils) to improve the antimicrobial/antioxidant properties of polymeric materials (e.g., food packaging)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers have largely replaced the use of traditional materials such as metal, wood and glass, providing basic properties at lower costs. However, for medical, food or agriculture-related applications, particular qualities are required, and this involves the use of expensive or very sensitive components for which the bulk approach is not suitable. This can be overcome by providing bioactivity only on the surface of the materials, in the form of coatings. The physical advantages of the support material can be combined in this way with the specific properties of the coating.
This Special Issue of Polymers welcomes the submission of original research papers and review articles that address bioactive coatings with biomedical, food or agriculture-related applications. This includes the (i) application of coating materials with intrinsic bioactivity; (ii) the use of coating matrices for the immobilization of bioactive compounds; (iii) the stabilization/protection and migration of bioactive properties into/from the coatings; (iv) interactions in the bioactive agent/matrix/support system; (v) various methods of structuring the coatings (e.g., xerogels, electrospinning); and (vi) the economical and sustainable aspects of bioactive materials developed from renewable resources.
Dr. Elena Stoleru
Dr. Mihai Brebu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive principles
- functional materials
- antioxidant materials
- antimicrobial materials
- physicochemical and microbiological analyses
- stability evaluations
- migration tests
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