Advances in Fire-Safe Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editor
Interests: flame retardant; polymer composites; thermal stability; bio-based polymer
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your original research to this Special Issue of Polymers dedicated to the progress of flame-retardant and fireproof polymeric materials.
Although the science and technological applications of flame-retardant polymers have made great progress in the past decades, the demand for the development of new flame-retardant polymers and polymer systems is still increasing. We encourage the submission of manuscripts covering scientific findings in the broad field of fire protection and thermal management of polymer composites.
Original papers and reviews are invited for this issue in the following areas:
- Design and synthesis of new high-efficiency and environmentally friendly flame retardants;
- Development of synergistic systems;
- Flame retardancy of polymer-based composites/coatings/textiles;
- Characterization and testing of polymer combustion behavior.
Dr. Fei Xiao
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- flame retardant
- thermal stability
- fire resistant
- composites
- coating
- textiles
- bio-based flame retardants
- intumescent flame retardant
- fire protection
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