Functional Polymer Coatings
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 61905
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Interests: bioinspired surfaces; wetting; biopolymers; polymer nanocomposites
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Dear colleagues,
Coatings are an essential part of all surfaces, including “the living surfaces” such as our skin. Coatings have been developed to offer decoration, protection, and different special functions. A major portion of coating science and technology relies on advances in polymer science and polymer composites. To this end, polymers in coatings will need to respond to major technological trends, such as ecofriendly materials that require the synthesis of novel resins for waterborne, solvent‐free, thermal‐insulating, and air‐purifying coatings. Moreover, polymeric coatings should be made to be more robust, including better scratch and mar resistance, enhanced corrosion resistance, aging and heat resistance, and anti‐fingerprint performance. Polymer composites that are properly integrated into coatings can lead to multifunctional and smart coatings with special properties, such as self‐cleaning, latent heat-storing, bionic anti‐fouling, self‐healing, and light/heat/electricity conducting, regulating, and sensory properties. Incorporating one or more of these functions into polymer coatings is not an easy task. However, advances in polymerization methods, emulsion science and technology, new organic–inorganic hybrid systems, and the principles of nanotechnology and self‐assembly can lead to robust multifunctional polymer coatings with important technological implications. This Special Issue aims to highlight studies that focus on any one of the aforementioned polymeric materials, composites, and functionalities that can be used to make coatings “special”. It also aims to target professionals, industrial practitioners, and researchers and graduate students in the fields of polymers chemistry and engineering, coatings materials science, and chemical engineering who need to know about the most recent advances in functional polymer coatings.
Prof. Ilker Bayer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- non-wettable coatings
- conductive coatings
- biodegradable coatings
- self-healing coatings
- anti-fouling coatings
- sensory coatings
- stretchable and bendable conformal coatings
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