Recent Developments in Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 667
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemistry and technology of polymers; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; thermal degradation behavior; flame retardancy
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Interests: flammability of polymeric materials; flame retardants; (bio)polymer processing; thermal degradation behaviour; construction chemicals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers exhibit a number of valuable properties that provided the foundations for their widespread use in the world around us. However, polymers are generally flammable and require the use of flame retardants in many applications to reduce the ignitability, reduce the rate of fire spread and limit the formation of toxic gaseous combustion products. The flame retardants used, classified as reactive or additive compounds, include, inter alia, mineral fillers, chemical compounds that undergo dehydratation reaction, and compounds able to form porous barrier layers, etc.
Research works on the flame retardation of polymeric materials conducted worldwide in numerous academic and industrial R&D centers include both the search for new effective flame retardants, as well as studies on the mechanism of the formation of protective layers, on the synergy effects and on ensuring the required fire protection while maintaining other favorable properties of macromolecular compounds, as well as their processability. The proposed interdisciplinary solutions include, among others, the use of nanostructured additives, bio-based flame retardants and organic-inorganic hybrid systems.
The aim of the Special Issue is to enable the presentation of the latest developments in the field of flame retardation of polymer materials in order to further develop this important area of polymer science and technology. Original and review works are expected concerning, among others, new flame retardants, modification of polymers, including biopolymers, in order to reduce inherently their flammability, the use of nano-structured and hybrid systems, as well as focusing on the studies of flame retardant mechanism with the reduction of smoke, and on the prediction / modeling of the combustion processes. An important aspect to be covered is related to the environmentally-safe recycling of flame-retardant polymeric materials, as well as their Life Cycle Analysis (LCA).
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Pielichowski
Dr. Tomasz M. Majka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flame retardant polymeric materials
- nanostructured flame retardants
- bio-based flame retardants
- mechanism of flame retardancy
- polymer fire protection
- multicomponent flame-retardant systems and synergy effects
- recycling of flame retardant polymeric materials
- life cycle analysis (LCA) of flame retardant polymeric materials
