Polymers for Cosmetics and Consumer Products: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Polymers are extensively utilized in the cosmetic and consumer products industry in order to provide sensory and various functional benefits.  Some of the key benefits for cosmetic and consumer products include deposition and delivery of various skincare and hair care actives, hair styling benefits, rheological and product texture benefits, lubrication, conditioning and sensory benefits etc.  The polymer properties, which play a critical role in providing these various performance benefits, include rheology, tribology, adhesion, film formation, etc.  These properties depend upon the polymer properties in solution and at surfaces and interfaces. The optimization of the performance, therefore, involves establishing the structure–property–performance linkages. This requires the utilization of various advanced bulk and interfacial characterization techniques. There has been significant progress in the last several years in utilizing techniques, such as Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS), Optical Microrheology, Rheo-Raman, and Interfacial Rheology, in providing new insights, allowing for the optimization of the performance.

New consumer drivers and enhanced competitiveness in the market has caused the industry to start focusing on the utilization of smart or stimuli-responsive polymers and shape memory polymers and sustainable alternatives to traditional polymers, such as biopolymers.  This Special Issue invites contributions in all the areas of interest to the cosmetic and consumer industry from the green polymer chemistry of polymers that can be utilized in the cosmetic and consumer industries to relevant advanced characterization techniques to studies highlighting novel physico-chemical insights into performance-controlling properties.

Prof. Samiul Amin
Guest Editor

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• biopolymers/natural polymers
• green polymer chemistry
• smart polymers/shape memory polymers in cosmetics and consumer products
• advanced characterization techniques—bulk and interfacial rheology and interfacial rheology of polymers
• tribology of polymers
• film formation
• complex coacervation