Sustainability and Circularity for Novel Bioactive and Biobased Solutions: Materials, Polymers, Coatings, and Processing
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 (30 May 2024) | Viewed by 15567
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial function; nanofiber structures; microplastic; gels; bacterial cellulose; sustainable; biomedical applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue emphasizes the entire range of bio-inspired solutions toward a bio-based and a bioactive function, whereas polymer-based materials, coatings, and related topics have an improved sustainability and circularity concern when compared with the fossil-based state of the art.
The Special Issue aims to focus on novel approaches toward more sustainable development and the processing of polymer bio-based solutions to overcome the climate challenges and fossil-based materials, polymers, coatings, etc. It also aims to bring together bio-mimetic and bio-inspired strategies for bioactive function with concerns regarding sustainability and bacteria resistance.
- Bioactive polymers;
- Bioactive materials;
- Bio-based sustainable polymers;
- Antimicrobial surfaces and coatings;
- Antimicrobial bio-based solutions;
- Sustainable polymers and fibers;
- Biorefineries feedstock for bio-based polymers;
- Nature-based solutions;
- Biomimetic solutions;
- Safe-by-design bio-inspired polymers, materials, and coatings.
Dr. Isabel Gouveia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biobased polymers
- bioactive function
- sustainability
- antimicrobial coatings
- antimicrobial polymers
- antimicrobial cleaning
- biofilms
- bacteria resistance
- sustainable polymers
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