Advances in Polymeric Microcapsules for Improving Mechanical and Durability Properties
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 891
Special Issue Editors
Interests: self-healing materials; microcapsule-mediated self-healing; cementious materials; green anticorrosion techniques for reinforcing steel; conversion film; polymeric coating
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Materials are vulnerable to severe aging, corrosion, cracking, and other deterioration phenomena, resulting in the weakening of mechanical and durability properties. Owing to the special core–shell structure and broad package capability of functional agents, polymeric microcapsules are widely explored and applied for the enhancement of the performance and service lifespan of materials.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Polymeric Microcapsules for Improving Mechanical and Durability Properties” aims to compile and discuss the latest research on polymeric microcapsule-based materials, with special attention to their improved mechanical and durability properties. Its main scope includes but is not limited to the following topics:
- Advances in the preparation and characterization of polymeric microcapsules;
- Optimization of evaluation approaches to polymeric microcapsules;
- Mechanical properties of microcapsule-incorporated materials;
- Durability properties of microcapsule-incorporated materials;
- Enhancement mechanisms of microcapsule-incorporated materials;
- Applications of microcapsule-incorporated materials.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit original research articles or review articles to this Special Issue. Both experimental and theoretical works are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Zijian Song
Prof. Dr. Haitao Zhao
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 submissions that pass pre-check are 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 2700 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
- self-healing materials
- microcapsule-mediated self-healing
- cementitious materials
- green anticorrosion techniques for reinforcing steel
- conversion film
- polymeric coating
