Natural and Sustainable Polymers-Based Materials for High-Efficiency Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2023) | Viewed by 445
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wood; bamboo; cellulose; lignin; chitosan; and seaweed derived structural materials for high-value applications in fields of water treatment; smart sensors; energy storage and conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, biomass polymers such as wood, bamboo, and seaweed have attracted people's attention due to their natural, sustainable, and degradable properties. The selective separation of component and preserved porous structures make biomass act as advanced supporting frameworks. The aforementioned polymers and their derived carbon materials are widely applied in fields of water treatment, smart sensors, energy storage and conversion, etc. As the strategic objective of "2030 emission peak and 2060 carbon neutrality" in China and "carbon reduction" in the whole world have been proposed, we believe that the research development for biomass materials shows promising prospects over the next decades.
Considering your interesting research field, I would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue. The manuscript should be submitted online before 20 December 2022. The submitted manuscripts will then be fast-track reviewed. I would very much appreciate if you could let me know your interest in contributing a paper at your earliest convenience. Research articles, review articles, perspectives, and communications and letters are also invited.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts are available on the journal’s website.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the progress on synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of renewable polymers and derived carbon materials.
Dr. Bin Hui
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- fiber
- aerogel
- composites
- biomass-derived carbon materials
- responsive polymer materials
- porous structures
- surface modification
- interfacial engineering
- multifunctional applications
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