Advances in Carbon-Based Polymeric Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
Interests: carbon materials; functional polymers; microwave absorptions; anticorrosion; coatings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon materials exhibit broad applicability across diverse fields, attracting significant attention due to their multifunctionality and unique structures. Polymer-derived or polymer-analogous carbon materials represent a distinct class of novel carbon-based materials, which integrate the flexible structure or low-dimensional states of polymers with the skeletal framework characteristics inherent to carbon materials. Research regarding polymer-based carbon materials is highly valuable, particularly concerning their large-scale and low-cost preparation, as well as their practical application within polymer-based composites. This Special Issue focuses on the preparation of polymer-related carbon materials and their development within fields such as energy, environment and microwave absorptions. The scope of this Special Issue includes carbon materials (e.g., carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, carbon spheres, graphene, and some other carbon materials) and biomass-derived carbons, as well as the combination of carbon materials and polymers.
Dr. Xiangnan Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon-based material
- polymers
- composites
- low-cost preparation
- applications
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