Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Fabrication and Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 202
Special Issue Editor
Interests: construction of complex nitrogen-containing or oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds; new method of series cyclization based on alkynyl alcohol or alkynylamine; responsive functional polymers; functional polymer intelligent pesticide additives
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In view of the diverse explorations of functional polymers, we are delighted to open a new Special Issue entitled “Stimuli-responsive Polymers: Fabrication and Applications”.
Responsive-polymer-based materials are capable of altering their chemical and/or physical properties upon exposure to external stimuli. These materials have been intensively studied over the years for a diverse range of applications, e.g., for on-demand drug delivery, tissue generation/repair, biosensing, smart coatings, and artificial muscles. Despite this, there are more unexplored aspects of stimuli-responsive polymers, which include the development of new classes of polymers, responsive factors, and other more applications.
This Special Issue of Polymers will cover a broad range of research activities, such as synthesis, stimuli responsiveness, physical or chemical property changes, and applications, as well as a broad range of polymeric systems such as solutions, films, brushes, self-assembling systems, gels, supramolecular polymers, etc. In addition, review papers featuring progresses in a particular area are welcomed. This Special Issue aims to collect recent findings and comprehensive reviews from experts in this very active field of research and will hopefully be a useful source of information for researchers.
Dr. Lingyan Liu
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- stimuli responsive
- physical or chemical property change
- morphology
- sensors
- drug delivery
