Functional Graphene-Polymer Composites, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1571
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart polymeric materials; sensor nanocomposites; mechanochromic materials; self-healing composites
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Interests: multifunctional polymers; carbonaceous nanostructures; self-healing composites
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Interests: polymer composites; polymeric surfactant; self-healing polymers; soft robotics materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the design and applications of functional graphene–polymer nanocomposites. The study of these materials has increased significantly in recent decades due to their outstanding properties. On the one hand, the addition of graphene into polymer matrices enhances their mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties compared to neat polymers. On the other hand, polymeric matrices support graphene through different chemical and physical interactions at the polymer/graphene interface, thus offering new possibilities of processing. These materials have found applications in the construction, automobile, aerospace, electronics, and biomedical fields.
This Special Issue covers fundamental research and applications of functional graphene–polymer nanocomposites. It deals with the different methods of fabrication, characterization, and application of graphene–polymer nanocomposites associated with self-healing materials, water purification composites, sensors, actuators, soft robotics materials, and many others.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Pucci
Dr. Rodrigo Araya-Hermosilla
Dr. Esteban Araya-Hermosilla
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- graphene
- reduced graphene oxide
- functional polymers
- chemical and physical interfacial interactions
- nanocomposite sensors
- self-healing nanocomposites
- soft robotics materials
- nanocomposite processing
- characterization and applications
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