Biodegradable Polymer Composites, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 65
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural fibers; polymer composites; biobased materials; hybrid composites; fiber–matrix adhesion; structural joints; mechanical properties
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Interests: polymer composites and nanocomposites; polymer blends; bioplastics; rheology; degradation and stabilization of polymer systems; antimicrobial polymeric systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biodegradable polymer composites have been attracting increasing attention both from academia and from several industrial fields in recent years, due to the global awareness of environmental issues. This interest has been motivated by serious environmental concerns, mainly related to the limited recyclability of conventional composites and their end-of-life disposal options.
Hence, these innovative materials have begun to be used in many advanced applications due to their biodegradability and other enhanced mechanical properties, as well as their properly defined physicochemical and morphological properties.
This Special Issue will explore the state of the art regarding several currently used biodegradable polymer composites and their properties, in addition to new developments in their manufacturing and potential applications, including, but not limited to, the following aspects:
- Fiber-/particle-reinforced biodegradable composites;
- Nanofilled biodegradable composites;
- Composite manufacturing processes;
- Composite property characterization;
- Composite durability evaluation;
- Main applications of biodegradable composites.
Therefore, we invite researchers to submit their original contributions, as well as reviews on this topic, for inclusion in this Special Issue.
Dr. Vincenzo Fiore
Dr. Luigi Botta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- biodegradability
- biorenewable resources
- bio-based materials
- biocomposites
- natural fibers
- composite recycling
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