Best Paper Award

Polymers Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose one review and three research articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– One review award: CHF 500;
– Three research article awards: CHF 500; CHF 400; CHF 300.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

 
Polymers 2024 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Ploymers will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

15 pages, 3367 KiB  
Article
Electrospun Polycaprolactone (PCL) Degradation: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study
by Juliana R. Dias, Aureliana Sousa, Ana Augusto, Paulo J. Bártolo and Pedro L. Granja
Polymers 2022, 14(16), 3397; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14163397 - 19 Aug 2022
15 pages, 3036 KiB  
Article
FDM Printability of PLA Based-Materials: The Key Role of the Rheological Behavior
by Rossella Arrigo and Alberto Frache
Polymers 2022, 14(9), 1754; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14091754 - 26 Apr 2022
24 pages, 2612 KiB  
Article
Enzymatic Degradation of the Most Common Aliphatic Bio-Polyesters and Evaluation of the Mechanisms Involved: An Extended Study
by Antonella Rosato, Angela Romano, Grazia Totaro, Annamaria Celli, Fabio Fava, Giulio Zanaroli and Laura Sisti
Polymers 2022, 14(9), 1850; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14091850 - 30 Apr 2022
33 pages, 2229 KiB  
Review
A Review of Polymer-Based Materials for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF): Focus on Sustainability and Recycled Materials
by Daniela Fico, Daniela Rizzo, Raffaele Casciaro and Carola Esposito Corcione
Polymers 2022, 14(3), 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14030465 - 24 Jan 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker Chairman
Fraunhofer IAP
Prof. Dr. Giulio Malucelli
Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Hyeonseok Yoon
Chonnam National University
Prof. Miguel Angel Lopez-Manchado
CSIC
Dr. Shin-ichi Yusa
University of Hyogo

Winner

Shiao-Wei Kuo
Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, Center of Crystal Research, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
Julia Amici
Electrochemistry Group, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so D.ca degli Abruzzi 24, 10128 Torino, Italy
Kazuo Takayama
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8397, Japan
Marek Pagac
Center of 3D Printing Protolab, Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

Winner

Menglong Wang
n/a

Winner

Twana Mohammed M. Ways
n/a

Winner

Jang-Ung Park
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wearable Electronics Research Group, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/9/8/303
Mariam AlAli AlMaadeed
Materials Science & Technology Program (MATS), College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/9/2/33
Changle Chen
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/9/4/122
Lan Xu
National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Engineering, Soochow University, 199 Ren-ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/9/1/1
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