Polymer Science and Technology: When Progress Meets Sustainability and Reliability
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovation of Polymer Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 569
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hybrid O/I systems; sol–gel processes; biomacromolecules; biopolymers; flame retardance; structure–property–processing relationships; thermal degradation; polymer (nano)composites
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Interests: polymer processing; mechanical behaviour of polymer-based systems; rheological behaviour of polymer-based systems; green composites; biocomposites; nanocomposites; biodegradable polymers; polymer blends; degradation and recycling of polymer-based systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As Guest Editors of the upcoming Special Issue entitled “Polymer Science and Technology: When Progress Meets Sustainability and Reliability”, which originates from the 3rd International Online Conference on Polymers Science (IOCPS 2025) sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360; IF: 4.9), we are pleased to invite your submissions.
This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advances and trends in polymer science and technology, with the goal of bringing together sustainability, reliability, and performance in the complex world of polymer systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Biobased, biodegradable-compostable, and recyclable polymers;
- Polymer analysis and characterization;
- Recent functional and structural applications of polymer systems;
- Polymer composites and nanocomposites;
- Polymer physics and theory.
We hope to receive numerous submissions to the Special Issue.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Prof. Dr. Francesco Paolo La Mantia
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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
- biobased polymer systems
- biodegradable
- compostable polymers
- polymer recycling
- structural polymer systems
- functional polymer systems
- polymer composites
- polymer nanocomposites
- polymer physics
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