Biopolymers and Bio-Based Polymer Composites, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2025) | Viewed by 858
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polyesters; polyurethanes; polymer compositions; polymer hybrid composites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to one of the most popular fields of material science. Nowadays, biopolymers and biopolymer composites are considered to be a group of environmentally friendly materials with properties that are comparable to those of classic polymers. Due to society's growing sense of care for the natural environment, the use of biopolymers is currently one of the best available solutions to further reduce the environmental pollution caused by commonly used plastics. Biopolymers and biopolymer composites have found applications in the fields of medicine and pharmacology, as well as the packaging industry. They are often the subject of research related to the modification of properties and have a wide range of applications.
This Special Issue focuses on biopolymers and biopolymer composite materials for different applications and aims to demonstrate researchers’ ability to design and manufacture biopolymer and biopolymer-based composites to address the challenges posed by the application of classical polymers.
Prof. Dr. Iwona Zarzyka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- biodegradable polymers
- biosynthesized polymers
- biopolymer composites
- nanobiocomposites
- bionanoadditives
- bioadditives
- natural aliphatic polyesters
- polylactide
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