Women in Polymer Science and Technology: Polymers Recycling
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 November 2021) | Viewed by 6949
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food packaging; biobased and/or biodegradable polymers; nanocomposites; active materials; waste valorization; mechanical recycling; compostability.
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Interests: plastics recycling; biopolymers; nanocomposites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the very beginning of the history of science, on top of playing a pivotal role in the lives and achievements of prominent scientists, women themselves have made significant, outstanding contributions to the advancement of science, as well as that of technology, although his work has not always been recognized. Nowadays, it is clear that significant gender differences still persist in academia. We believe that the entire scientific community should work together to achieve the total eradication of these differences, and it is in this vein that this project "Women in Polymer Science and Technology" is being launched by Polymers.
As a part of this project, this Special Issue, titled “Women in Polymer Science and Technology: Polymer and biopolymers recycling”, encourages women and men to work together to fight inequalities faced by women in science.
In this Special Issue, we would like to put together a collection of powerful papers to provide an overview of this interesting research topic focused on more sustainable end-of-life scenarios for polymers, including traditional polymers based on non renewable resources, bio-based and biodegradable-polymers. Topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Biobased and biodegradable polymers
- Sorting
- Mechanical recycling
- Chemical recycling
- Thermomechanical degradation
- Molten processing
- Additives and fillers
- Blending and compatibilization
- New chemical process development
- Pyrolysis
- New combustion processes
- Energy recovery
- Composting
- Biodegradation
Considering your already significant contribution to polymer science and technology, we would like to cordially invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue.
The only requirement is that either the first or the corresponding author is a woman.
Dr. Marina Patricia Arrieta Dillon
Prof. Dr. María Ulagares de la Orden
Guest Editors
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