Polymeric Materials Based on Graphene Derivatives and Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editor
2. Nuclear Physics Institute, AS CR, 250 68 Rez, Czech Republic
Interests: ion lithography; laser matter interaction; material science; graphene-based material; nanoparticles; polymers
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Dear Colleagues,
Over twenty years ago, graphene was discovered, and since then, the frontiers of polymer-related materials science have expanded in directions ranging from the development of techniques for producing polymer–graphene composites (including graphene, its derivatives, and compounds), their modification, characterization, and application fields. Graphene is a two-dimensional material made up of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. When incorporated into polymers, the intrinsic properties of graphene-based materials such as lightness, electrical and thermal conductivity, and transparency, make polymer-based composites promising for a wide range of applications.
Today, graphene, its compounds, and derivatives such as graphene oxide, reduced graphene, graphite, or ceramic, polymeric, and nanoparticle hybrids are generating enormous interest in the polymer field, although their practical applicability in polymers requires a deep understanding of their potential. This Special Issue invites original papers and reviews reporting on progress in the following areas:
- Fabrication methods as polymer-based nanoparticles, polymer fibers, polymer scaffolds, polymer coatings, polymer films, or polymer bulk composites.
- Surface modifications by chemical approach, laser, ion, electron, neutron beams, and X-ray irradiation of polymer–graphene systems.
- Study of the chemical, electrical, thermal, and magnetic properties of polymer–graphene composites.
- Applications such as patterning for lab-on-a-chip systems in polymer devices, the creation of nanoscale circuits in polymer-based electronics for wearable devices, water purification using polymer-based materials with graphene, antibacterial polymer materials, targeted release systems for drug delivery in polymer carriers, polymer-based biomarkers, enhancement of bioimaging in polymer systems, and the improvement of neuron or bone tissue growth using polymer–graphene composites.
Dr. Mariapompea Cutroneo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer–graphene composites
- nanocomposites
- flexible electronics
- biomedical applications
- graphene oxide
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