Cellulose- and Paper-Based Functional Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2020) | Viewed by 628
Special Issue Editor
Interests: paper chemistry & functional paper materials paper microfluidics; advanced diagnostics with paper; functional biopolymers; cellulose materials; lignin materials; surface modification using polymer thin films; wetting phenomena on polymeric surfaces
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cellulose-based materials can serve as renewable and environmentally friendly resources, to make recyclable (or degradable) materials that surround our daily life. Examples progress from additives (e.g., rheology modifiers) for food, concrete, and paint to insulation materials for constructive applications, and functional coating materials. Over the past decade, we have further witnessed strong progress in new types of cellulose-based materials, such as nanocelluloses or cellulosic nanomaterials. At the same time, scientists have increasingly focused on widening the scope of paper-based materials to enable new applications, with the aim to transfer functional paper from traditional applications such as packaging, graphics or hygienic paper into new types of paper, such as biomedical diagnostic devices, or paper-based electronics.
This Special Issue on “Cellulose- and Paper-based functional materials” captures very recent advances by covering:
- Novel cellulose-based polymers, improved new and/or green synthesis protocols, and transfer of such polymers into new polymeric materials;
- Functional coatings of cellulose-based materials, including stimulus-responsive materials;
- Functional paper-based materials for constructive applications, mechanics of fibers and paper, and composite materials made of paper for constructive applications;
- Functional paper-based materials for instrument-less analytics and diagnostics, paper microfluidics, paper-based fuel cells, and electronics.
Prof. Dr. Markus Biesalski
Guest Editor
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