Viscoelasticity and Morphology of Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Although the performance of polymer materials is improving day by day, a better performance is still required. Therefore, viscoelasticity and morphology, which influence performance, are particularly important. For example, in a polymer blend, the viscosity of each component and phase separation structure affect the performance. In other words, in order to develop high-performance polymer materials, it is necessary to understand not only viscoelasticity but also morphology.

This Special Issue is concerned with the viscoelasticity and morphology of polymers. The target material may be single polymers, polymer alloys, such as block copolymers or polymer blends, or nanocomposites and so on. This Special Issue calls for research on a wide range of morphologies, such as crystalline structure, microphase separation, phase separation structure of polymer blends, and dispersion state of nanocomposite materials. This also includes the latest morphological observation methods such as morphological analysis using 3D-TEM and synchrotron X-ray or neutron scattering. In addition to research on rheology, this Special Issue is also invited for research dealing with mechanical properties of high-performance polymer materials and polymer processing. Ideally, it would be better to include a discussion of the correlation between rheology and morphology. Both original contributions and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Shotaro Nishitsuji
Guest Editor

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• Polymer physics
• Viscoelasticity
• Morphology
• Rheology
• Electron microscope
• X-ray scattering
• Neutron scattering
• Synchrotron
• Polymer processing
• Polymer alloy