Polymer Nanocomposites and Nanoparticles: Preparation and Applications

Dear Colleague,

This Special Issue of the polymers journal entitled "Polymer Nanocomposites and Nanoparticles: Preparation and Applications” is related to new polymeric materials and aims to disseminate recent innovations and developments in the field of advanced materials. There is currently a great interest in discovering new polymer materials with various applications, and this interest has been maintained over the last three decades and is expected to continue with further growth.

It is a whole art, combining polymers and nanoparticles to produce nanomaterials with unique properties as well as elaborating polymeric nanocomposites with excellent mechanical properties and new interesting properties. Knowing the factors involved in synthesizing each of them is a fascinating subject and an enormous challenge. The agglomeration of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix is one of the determining factors that plays an important role in obtaining nanomaterials with improved properties. There are many strategies to avoid the agglomeration and they will be comprehensively covered in this Special Issue We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue. Original research papers, review articles, and high-quality short communications are accepted. Some general topics are listed below, but the topics are not limited to these as we cover natural and synthetic polymers as well as nanoparticles of various natures.

• Environmentally friendly polymer nanocomposites.
• Surface modification with natural polymers.
• In situ polymer nanocomposites.
• Polymer nanocomposites with diverse applications.
• Polyolefins reinforced with nanoparticles.
• Polymer nanocomposites used in water treatment.
• Polymer nanocomposites for marine coatings applications.
• Polymer nanocompounds of natural origin.
• Polymer nanocomposites with improved mechanical properties.
• Synthesis of nanoparticles with natural polymers.

Dr. Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego
Dr. Marissa Pérez-Alvarez
Guest Editors

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