Polymer Hybrid Materials: Design and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 8347
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Interests: organic‒inorganic hybrid; carbon dots; photoluminescence; optoelectronic device
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Interests: energy storage devices; additive manufacturing; X-ray and neutron scattering; functional materials; electrically conductive polymers; electrochemistry; digital twins
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers are typically flexible and malleable solids with tuneable mechanical features and processability. When they combine with inorganic components to afford polymer hybrid materials endowing them specific functionalities and/or reinforce the mechanical and thermal properties. The polymer hybrid materials not only combine the features of the starting components, but also encompass enhanced unique properties result from synergetic effects, which eventually overcomes the structural and functional limits of the conventional materials. The polymer hybrid materials of monolith and coating/film with porous, layered or core-shell hierarchical structures and interpenetrating networks can be synthesized through sol-gel method, polymerization reaction and self-assembly process, etc. Their properties can be tailored by combination of polymers and functional/additive components such as luminescent/magnetic moieties, carbonaceous materials, biological substances, inorganic fibres/clays, metal-organic frameworks, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes, polyoxometalates and metal oxide particles. The structural and functional versatilities of the polymer hybrid materials accounts for their diverse applications in the fields ranging from optoelectronics, dielectric, photovoltaics, waveguide, sensor, gas adsorption/separation, catalysis, flame/fire retardancy, drug delivery and biomedical engineering.
The scope of this Special Issue is to cover all the aspects related to the polymer hybrid materials. Authors are welcome to submit the latest research works on this topic in the form of original research or review articles.
Dr. Lianshe Fu
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey R. Mitchell
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Polymer hybrid material
- Functional polymer
- Conductive polymer
- Self-assembly
- Optoelectronic device
- Photonic integrated waveguide
- Piezoelectric polymer
- Stimuli responding hydrogel
- Three-dimensional printing
- Sensor
- Biomaterials
- Drug delivery
- Self-healing material
- Flame/fire retardancy
- Functionalized hydrogel
- Fibre-reinforced composite
- Polymer-MOF composite
- Polymer-ceramic composite
- Polymer-clay composite
- Polymer carbonaceous composite
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