New Progress of Green Sustainable Polymer Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer materials have been supporting a wide range of cutting-edge technologies, driving our cultural and industrial development. On the other hand, these materials have also negatively impacted global environments, including fossil fuel depletion for plastics production, increased CO₂ emissions during their incineration, pollution from plastic waste, and ecosystem disruption from their decomposition by-products. Designing polymer materials to address these problems while considering the end-of-life stage of plastics is critical in achieving sustainable development.

This Special Issue welcomes contributions across all aspects of sustainable development based on polymer materials, including their design, synthesis, processing, applications, characterizations, and simulations. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following: CO₂ capture, storage, and utilization; recycling and upcycling of plastic waste; resource recovery; biodegradation; photodegradation; catalytic energy generation; water purification; hazardous chemical elimination; and other environmentally friendly reactions and processes. This Special Issue accepts original research papers, review articles, short communications, and perspectives. Papers featuring unconventional concepts or advancements in these fields are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Eri Yoshida
Guest Editor

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