Fire Safety of Polymers

Dear Colleagues,

The fire safety and thermal resistance of polymers is one of the most limiting aspects of polymers, and plastics application on a wider scale. Thus, this Special Issue will focus on all aspects regarding the fire safety and thermal stability of polymers.

In particular, we encourage the submission of papers that discuss the most recent research in the following fields: production of thermal-resistant polymers, new and “green” flame retardants for polymers, progressive technologies for fire retardants for polymer applications, new progressive methods for fire testing of polymers, new technologies for polymer modification, and original methods for polymer protection (against high temperature and/or other external conditions, e.g., UV radiation).

We are particularly interested in studies aimed at new polymers (flame retardants) for electrical cables and construction products and the progressive application of thermal analysis methods (TG and DSC) for the prediction of the thermal stability of polymers.

Dr. Jozef Martinka
Dr. Karla Barčová
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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.

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