Women in Polymer Science and Technology: Sustainable Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Since the very beginning of the history of science, on top of playing a pivotal role in the lives of prominent scientists, women themselves have made significant, outstanding contributions to the advancement of science, as well as that of technology. Nevertheless, evidence suggests that important gender differences still persist in academia today. This is something that we should all strive and work together to eradicate, and it is in this vein that this project "Women in Polymer Science and Technology" is being launched by Polymers.

As a part of this project, this Special Issue, entitled "Women in Polymer Science and Technology: Sustainable Polymers”, invites submissions by women and men working together with the aim of fighting the inequalities faced by women in the scientific field and also recognizing women’s abilities and their contributions to science. Our wish is to create a collection of wide-reaching works that provide a general overview of this interesting research topic. Topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Novel approaches and concepts, both conceptual and applied;
• Monomer syntheses from renewable resources;
• Polymerizations in solvent-free media or in solvents/media that can be recycled;
• Alternatives to environmentally harmful reaction conditions and catalysts;
• Characterization and properties of sustainable polymers vs. implemented ones;
• Life and end-of-life perspectives.

Considering your significant contribution to polymer science and technology, we would like to cordially invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue.

The only requirement is that the first author or corresponding author be a woman.

Dr. Andreia F. Sousa
Prof. Dr. Nadia Lotti
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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