Amphiphilic Copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2019)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis and characterisation of well defined polymeric materials; methodical investigation of how the structural characteristics of the polymers affect their end properties and applications; emphasis in given on thermoresponsive polymers for bioapplications like drug delivery and tissue engineering as well as polymeris macrosurfactants to stabilise particles and dispersions
Interests: polymer flooding and deployment of polymer based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) concepts on a large scale; polymer chemistry and polymer science to improve efficiency of polymer flooding
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Amphiphilic copolymers i.e. polymers that are based on both hydrophilic and hydrophobic components have interesting surface-active, self-assembled and rheological properties. Due to their fascinating properties they have a wide range of applications, for example in drug delivery and in emulsion and particle stabilisation. Consequently, they find usage in a variety of industrial areas like formulation chemistry and oil & gas industry. This special issue would like to focus on three areas: (i) novel synthesis of amphiphilic copolymers, (ii) establishing structure-property relationships and (iii) applications of amphiphilic copolymers. These can be as surfactants, emulsifiers, stabilisers, drug and gene delivery carriers, rheology modifiers or any other application that exploits their surface-active ability, rheological properties or both.
Dr. Theoni K. Georgiou
Dr. Diego Wever
Guest Editors
Keywords
- Amphiphilic Polymers
- Block Copolymers
- Polymeric surfactants
- Macrosurfactants
- Stabilizers
- Emulsions
- Self-assembled structures
- Rheology modifiers
