Flame Retardant Polyolefins

Dear Colleagues,

Flame-retardant polymers are increasingly becoming an important part of research in academic and industrial centers due to their importance in human society. Research on flame retardancy of polymer blends and composites has roots in the knowledge of selecting and adapting additives for polymers. To rely on the need for collecting new ideas and integrating research on fire retardancy of polymer systems, the MDPI journal of Polymers has recently opened a collection under the name of “Fire and Polymers”. Although several papers have been published so far in this collection, we are still looking for new works and are striving to make research on fire-retardant polymers as specified as possible, to address all aspects of this scientific area in particular ways. We know that polyolefins play key roles in diverse fields from commodity to advanced materials. The huge volume of production of polyolefins as commodity plastics gives reason to explore their flame retardancy, for they are highly flammable. Based on our survey, plenty of additives have been examined for making polyolefins flame-retardant, with polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene mostly being the matrix. Herein, we are launching a new Special Issue under the title of “Flame-Retardant Polyolefins” to collect and summarize research on flame retardancy of this famous member of the polymer family. Original regular papers, review papers, mini-reviews, and short communications are but some of the possible kinds of manuscripts we shall accept from authors. Flame retardancy of as-synthesized (neat, without additives) polyolefins, polyolefins blends (blend of one or two polyolefins with one or more other polymers, without additives), and polymer composites (with additives), which are defined in the following, are welcome as the focus of your manuscript:

• Analysis of flame retardancy of polyolefins;
• Additives selection for polyolefins;
• Classification of polyolefin systems from a flame retardancy point ofview;
• Flame-retardant properties of polyolefin blends;
• Flame-retardant properties of polyolefin composites;
• Flame retardancy of polyolefin hybrid composites;
• Modeling flame retardancy of polyolefins, polyolefin blends, composites, and nanocomposites;
• Flame retardancy of polyolefin fibers and textiles;
• Biodegradable flame-retardant polyolefin systems;
• Recycling of flame-retardant polyolefins.

Dr. Henri Vahabi
Dr. Fouad Laoutid
Dr. Mohammad Reza Saeb
Guest Editors

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