Degradation and Stability of Polymer-Based Systems: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 731
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Interests: polymeric materials; nanocomposites; green composites; polymer blends; polymer engineering
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Interests: polymeric materials; nanocomposites; green composites; polymer blends; polymer engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Degradation mechanism management plays a key role in polymeric devices/objects properties and performance control. This challenge, in fact, is very interesting as it allows to modulate the properties during use and its lifetime.
There are many degradation processes that may induce the polymeric chains scission: thermal, mechanical, photo-oxidative, biological, and chemical degradation. Such processes can take place during processing/forming (by heat or mechanical stress action) or during use and end of life.
To optimize degradation mechanisms and kinetics control, it is necessary to carefully investigate the degradative responses of polymeric-based materials when exposed to external stresses (sunlight, bacterial attack, atmospheric agents, ozone, etc.), or when subjected to processing (stresses mechanical and thermal). Furthermore, it is interesting to evaluate how the addition of micro- or nano-fillers and/or stabilizers influence degradation processes.
Therefore, papers are sought that deal with the stabilization and/or degradation of polymeric systems, either providing new insights on the processing–structure–aging property relationships. Latest research dealing with degradative reactions in special application fields and/or proposing novel characterization protocols will also be of great interest.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Scaffaro
Dr. Emmanuel Fortunato Gulino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymeric materials
- degradation and stability
- green composites
- nanocomposites
- polymer composites
- biodegradation
- photodegradation
- chemical degradation
- thermal degradation
- mechanical degradation
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