Functional Polymers for Sensor Applications in Health and the Environment
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 517
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional polymers form the building blocks in the design of nanoparticles, bioconjugated systems, biocompatible sensor surfaces, organic and inorganic scaffolds, hydrogels, polyHIPEs, and many other porous high surface area materials. Functional polymers (CPs), with the added property of conductivity or semi-conductivity, may be applied in the design of catalytic systems, chemical sensors, biosensors, specifically analyte recognition components, and energy storage systems, among many others. These materials may be readily synthesised using electrochemical driving forces to yield small scale nanomaterials in situ, with superior reactivity, sensitivity and selectivity for niche applications in metrics, health, the environment and energy transformation systems. In this Special Issue, we invite you to submit your contribution with respect to materials, sensors and targeted applications of existing and new functional polymers.
Prof. Dr. Priscilla G. L. Baker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- nanomaterials
- sensors
- applications
- emerging contaminants
- health
- environment
- nano–micro manufacturing
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