Advanced Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 17129
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Stimuli-responsive polymer composites feature highly diverse functional properties in response to various environmental stimuli such as temperature, light, pH, magnetic and electric fields, and enzymes. In recent decades, the response mechanisms of numerous selected polymer matrices and functional additives (e.g., metals, ceramics, or nanostructured carbon) have been the subject of intensive studies, and a fundamental understanding of the structure–dynamics–performance relationship has been developed. Consequently, this enabled the application of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials in various emerging fields such as biomedical devices, electronics, and soft robotics. With recent advancements in nano and polymer chemistry, these materials increased in complexity, and their versatility increased as well (e.g., multiple components with individual responses towards several stimuli)
This Special Issue focuses on the latest achievements in the material and structure design, characterization, and employment of novel and advanced stimuli-responsive polymer composites. Review and regular research articles as well as short communication of all cross-disciplinary research studies, in which novel stimuli-responsive polymer composites are involved, are encouraged to publish their recent findings in this Special Issue of Polymers.
Dr. Lucas Kreuzer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stimuli-responsive materials
- polymer composites
- advanced materials
- nanoparticles
- biomedical
- soft robotics
- electronics
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