Dynamic Chemistry in Polymer Science
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 36822
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational chemistry; self-healing materials; dynamic chemistry; non-covalent interactions; reaction mechanisms; excited states
Interests: theoretical chemistry; reaction mechanisms; excited states; self-healing materials; inorganic nanomaterials; polymer–nanomaterial interfaces
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dynamic chemistry plays an essential role in polymer science and engineering. The introduction of dynamic covalent and non-covalent bonds in polymer networks has yielded to the development of new materials with unique properties ascribed to the nature of the dynamic bond, such as reprocessing, recycling, controllable degradation, self-healing, and responsive capacity, to cite some. Research efforts carried out in this area will provide, in the near future, materials with smart functionalities that may enable the addressing of some 21st century challenges, such as energy and sustainability.
This Special Issue aims to provide an update on recent progress in developing materials using covalent and non-covalent reversible chemistries, including computational and experimental research works. Both original and review articles are welcome.
Dr. Fernando Ruipérez
Dr. Jon M. Matxain
Guest Editors
Keywords
- Reversible chemistry
- Covalent and non-covalent dynamic bonds
- Responsive materials
- Self-healing materials
- Vitrimers
- Computational chemistry