Sustainable Bio-Based Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 3505
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural fibres; rubber composites; polymer composites; agro-waste derived products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will showcase manuscripts that focus on the development of sustainable and bio-based materials from renewable resources, including agro- and industrial-waste-derived cellulose, lignin-based materials, as well as biopolymer blends and composites. The Special Issue is open to reviews, new concept ideas, and basic research and developmental manuscripts on the following topics:
- Biomass-derived cellulose and lignin and conversion to value-added products;
- Processing/manufacturing, characterization, chemical and physical modification, and the engineering of biopolymer blends and composites products;
- Biodegradation studies in bio-based materials;
- Environmental aging studies in biopolymers and biocomposites;
- Life cycle assessment studies in bio-based materials.
Dr. Maya Jacob John
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- biopolymers
- cellulose
- lignin
- biocomposites
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