State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Spain (2026, 2027)
A Special Issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360) belonging to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 149
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Interests: chemical engineering; materials technology; polymers; sustainability; membranes; plastic recycling; thermal analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of polymer science represents an ongoing and multidisciplinary research area in Spain that joins chemists, physics and engineers, all of them committed to promoting the scientific and technological advancement of polymeric materials through research and development, at the service of Spanish society. This field includes synthetic polymers, biopolymers, polymer characterization, design and the fabrication of new pioneering products that are related to a safer and sustainable environment. Constant development of new polymeric materials is essential to supporting and expanding the growing interest in polymer technology. A large number of research teams in Spain from different institutions and universities are working together and devoting considerable effort to designing novel polymeric materials with superior properties to be used in a wide variety of fields, ranging from medicine, food packaging and textiles to catalysis and other less common applications. Examples of the contributions of Spanish research to the field can be found in top journals and conferences all over the world.
This Special Issue is devoted to providing an overview of the polymer science research in Spain. It will particularly gather contributions from selected contributions of the stemmed XVIII Conference of the Specialized Group on Polymers (GEP, https://gep2026.com/GEP2026) of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) and the Spanish Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF). It is open to contributions from the whole Spanish ecosystem of research of polymers as well. The only restriction is that the main part of the study must have been conducted in Spain or by Spanish researchers.
This Special Issue seeks to compile review articles and state-of-the-art research papers. Research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Polymer synthesis, characterization, theory and simulation
- Rheology, processing and additive manufacturing for polymers and composite materials
- Polymer recycling, biobased and biodegradable polymers, circular economy and sustainability
- Polymers for energy applications and the environment
- Polymers for biomedical applications
- Polymers for advanced applications and intelligent materials
We hope that this Special Issue will depict the state of polymeric research in Spain and offer to the rest of the world a bright image of what is being achieved in the field in our country.
Dr. Jose D. Badia
Prof. Dr. Clara M. Gómez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers
- composites
- synthesis
- sustainability
- advanced applications
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