Advances in Nanomodified Polymers and in Polymer Science

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer science, a subfield of materials science, involves research in several disciplines, including chemistry, physics, engineering, and beyond (for example, biomedicine and ecology), given the wide range of its applicable results. Such advances, together with the great expectations of the field, explain its high growth in recent decades, and its convergence with the simultaneous developments in (i) electronics technology, which greatly improves molecular characterization capabilities, and (ii) nanotechnology, which studies the unique properties of nanometric materials (nanomaterials).

This joint Special Issue of the journals Polymers and Nanomaterials, entitled Advances in Nanomodified Polymers and in Polymer Science, covers a broad topic that aims to summarize recent advances in research on polymeric nanomaterials and functional polymers. We therefore encourage submissions from leading groups in the field with the aim of providing an advanced view of the current state of the art in these aspects.

This Special Issue is arranged in the context of the XI Congress of Young Researchers in Polymers (JIP 2023, https://jip2023.polimero.org/), which is periodically organized by the Specialized Group of Polymers (GEP) of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, and this year was hosted and coordinated by us. Thus, the general topics of this Special Issue are closely related to the specific topics of the Congress. In short, they cover the latest research on:

• Synthesis and characterization of new polymers;
• Polymers in energy applications, sensors and optoelectronics;
• Biopolymers with biomedical applications, e.g., nanomedicine;
• Structure–property relationships, e.g., simulation, rheology and mechanical properties;
• Polymers in industry: polymer processing, recycling and circular economy.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Polymers.

Dr. Alberto Falco
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Mallavia
Guest Editors

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• nanomodified polymers
• polymeric nanomaterials
• functional polymers
• polymer synthesis
• polymer characterization
• polymer applications
• biopolymers
• polymer processing
• polymer recycling