pH-Dependent Polymerizations in Solution and Dispersed Phase Systems
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2023) | Viewed by 337
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer reaction engineering; polymerization kinetics; mathematical modeling of polymerization; reversible deactivation radical polymerization synthesis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: polymer reaction engineering; polymerization kinetics; modeling of complex polymerizations; polymeric drug delivery systems, synthesis of pH-sensitive and biocompatible polymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, the physicochemical properties of reaction media, especially with regard to ionic strength, have been shown to have a great influence on the kinetics, molecular architecture, microstructure, and final properties of the products of diverse polymerization processes. The influence of acidic/basic solvents or continuous phases on processes or polymer properties is due to their promotion of diverse intermolecular interactions with the initiator(s), monomers, agents, co-solvent, and/or any other reagent involved in solution, suspension, and emulsion polymerizations. pH-dependent polymerizations have been used to tune the desired characteristics of end-use products, such as particle morphology and/or size, Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST), the chemical properties of the product, etc.
This Special Issue of Polymers, entitled “pH-Dependent Polymerizations in Solution and Dispersed-Phase Systems”, is focused on polymerizations proceeding via diverse chemical mechanisms, in homogeneous and heterogeneous phase techniques, such as solution, suspension, emulsion, surface, slurry, and their variants, e.g., micro- and mini-emulsion, surfactant-free emulsion polymerization (SFEP), polymerization-induced surface self-assembly (PISSA), etc.
Papers that enhance our mechanistic understanding of the process, modeling, and applications of pH-dependent polymerization products including cosmetics, water treatment, anti-flocculants, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and paper processing, as well as papers dealing with new processes or novel synthesis approaches of this type, will be especially appreciated.
Dr. Enrique Saldivar-Guerra
Dr. Iván Zapata-González
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aqueous-phase polymerization
- pH-dependent polymerization
- polyelectrolytes
- cationic and anionic systems
- smart polymers
- zwitterions
