Synthesis and Processing of Functional Polymer Materials–2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 2715
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; nanocomposites; polymer blends; plastics engineering; materials science; polymer structure analysis; physics of solid state; shape memory effect; severe plastic deformation; lattice structure; injection molding; extrusion; additive manufacturing; finite element analysis
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Interests: functional polymers; shape memory polymer composites; innovative materials and processes; industrial sustainability
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Dear Colleagues,
Until the 1980s, polymers were mainly considered the basis for the production of structural materials with unique physical and mechanical properties that could not be achieved with low-molecular-weight chemical compounds. In the last two decades of the XX century, polymers began to be used as functional materials in medicine, lighting, electrical engineering, electronics, energy, etc. At the turn of the century XX–XXI, the concept of “smart materials” was formulated, describing materials that can reversibly change their behavior due to external conditions such as temperature and humidity change or when exposed to mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and other fields. Currently, functional and "smart" polymeric materials are used in almost all areas of technology. In addition, many new polymeric substances with excellent thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties have been synthesized. Functional polymers include electrically conductive polymer materials, liquid crystal polymers, polymer gels, shape memory polymers, and so on. The strategy for the development of functional polymers includes the design of organic molecules; the development of formulae to control complex reactions that allow the molecular structures of organic compounds to be freely modified; the development of directed synthesis methods; the modification of polymers and materials based on a specific structure (including nanostructure) and morphology. The aim of this Special Issue is to comprehensively present new advances in the synthesis and processing of functional polymer materials.
Prof. Dr. Iurii Vozniak
Prof. Dr. Loredana Santo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrically conductive polymer materials
- liquid crystal polymers
- polymer gels
- shape memory polymers
- directed synthesis
- process for preparing functional polymers
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