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Special Issue "Functional Polymeric Systems for Advanced Industrial Applications"

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• Special Issue Information
• Keywords
• Published Papers

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 Feb 2023.

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Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Huacheng Zhang E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Interests: supramolecular polymers; macrocyclic chemistry; porous polymeric materials; self-assembly chemistry

Prof. Dr. Jie Han E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Interests: supramolecular polymer; self-assembly; pillar[n]arene; liquid crystalline; photoluminescent

Prof. Dr. Kim Truc Nguyen E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

School of Biotechnology, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh city 710000, Vietnam
Interests: porous nanomaterials; drug delivery; bioimaging; graphene

Prof. Dr. Isurika R. Fernando E-Mail Website
Guest Editor

Department of Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka
Interests: organic synthesis; supramolecular chemistry; natural products chemistry; cyclodextrin; self-assembly

Special Issue Information

This Special Issue on Functional polymeric systems for advanced industrial applications is devoted to the dissemination of high-quality original research articles or comprehensive reviews on cutting-edge developments in this interdisciplinary field. Functional polymeric systems constitute of a diverse family of novel molecular architectures which include conjugated porous polymers, organic-inorganic hybrid oligomeric/polymeric materials, supramolecular polymers and self-assembled networks, as well as metal ligated polymers. Those polymeric systems with multi-dimensional morphologies and particular physiochemical properties, which includes external stimuli responsiveness, could be prepared by different synthetic strategies such as general polymerization, organic and supramolecular approaches, as well as diverse manufacturing procedures such as the sounded 3D/4D printing. Thus obtained polymeric systems have wide applications to a series of advanced industrial fields such as sensors, electronics, smart materials, storage and adsorption of significant molecules, novel energy solutions, as well as biomedicines.

Thus, an in-depth understanding of chemical, physical, instrumental characterization, manufacturing, and advanced industrial application of functional polymeric systems/materials is highly relevant to the performance and development of any functional polymeric systems/materials. Both original contributions and comprehensive reviews are welcome.

With a focus on functional polymeric systems/materials in advanced industrial applications, potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Synthesis of polymeric materials;
• Instrumental characterization of polymeric materials;
• Physical/chemical properties of polymeric materials;
• Theory and simulation of polymeric materials;
• Advanced manufacturing of polymeric materials;
• Processing and performance of polymeric materials;
• Advanced industrial applications of functional polymeric systems.

Prof. Dr. Huacheng Zhang
Prof. Dr. Jie Han
Prof. Dr. Kim Truc Nguyen
Prof. Dr. Isurika R. Fernando
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

• porous polymers
• organic–inorganic hybrid oligomeric/polymeric materials
• supramolecular polymers and self-assembled networks
• metal-ligated polymers
• sensors and electronics
• smart materials
• supramolecular hydrogels
• storage and adsorption of significant molecules
• novel energy solutions
• biomedicines

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.