Trends and Challenges in NMR Spectroscopy for Advanced Polymeric Materials Characterization
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 270
Special Issue Editors
2. Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 125, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: sustainable polymers; bio-based polymers; alginate hydrogels; starch; enzymatic polymerization
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Interests: nuclear magnetic resonance; sol-gel synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
NMR spectroscopy has displayed considerable potential for studying the chemical structure and dynamics of different types of advanced materials. Its versatile techniques applied in both physical solution and solid state granted it the sensitivity to monitor changes in the local environment and in dynamics over multiple lengths and time scales to study advanced materials and integrated molecules. Particularly in polymer science, the study of chemical structure, surface modification, molecular weight and packing, atomic distance, structural changes and solvent–matrix interactions are essential for controlling final-product properties and applications.
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy, with its atomic-level research capabilities and recent advancements, offers great opportunities such as investigating the mobility, polymorphism and structural disorder of the samples, pushing the limits of exposing the hidden capabilities of such an underestimated spectroscopic technique.
In this Special Issue, we will mainly focus on the work done by NMR spectroscopy on different types of advanced polymeric materials (i.e., organic and inorganic polymers, natural and synthetic) and organic–inorganic polymer hybrids, including but not limited to the most advanced NMR strategies (i.e., beyond conventional methods) and the hardware design used to overcome technical issues in advanced polymeric materials research.
Dr. Khaled O. Sebakhy
Dr. Mustapha El Hariri El Nokab
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid-state NMR spectroscopy
- structural characterization
- rigidity vs. mobility
- solvent–matrix interactions
- crystallinity vs. amorphous solids
- beyond conventional NMR techniques
