Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, 4th Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 2832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers and environment; heterogeneous materials based on polymers; polyolefins; interfacial agents; interphase; interface; functionalization; plastic wastes; blends; composites
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Interests: polymers and environment; heterogeneous materials based on polymers; polyolefins; interfacial agents; interphase; interface; functionalization; plastic wastes; blends; composites
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to one of the most attractive fields in material science and technology research. The concept of organic–inorganic hybrid materials can be applied to a wide variety of approaches at present, including those considering matrices of inorganic or organic nature. Hence, sol–gel processes allow for the encapsulation of organic functionalities within inorganic matrices, the polymerization of organoalkoxyxilanes, and the functionalization of inorganic substances such as micro- or nanofillers with organic and/or inorganic molecules that interact with organic matrixes to provide enhanced properties. Nevertheless, it is the interphase between the components that becomes the critical aspect to consider in research activities with this type of advanced material; thus, any effort to enhance and understand these interactions will be key to obtaining these materials with “tailor-made” organized structures at the subsequent nano, meso, micro, and macro scales.
Dr. Jesús-María García-Martínez
Dr. Emilia P. Collar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hybrid inorganic/organic polymer-based materials
- heterogeneous materials based on polymer interfaces
- interphase
- functionalization
- sol–gel
- chemical modification
- composites
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Related Special Issues
- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials in Polymers (12 articles)
- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials II in Polymers (11 articles)
- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials III in Polymers (14 articles)
