Rheology of Polymers and Polymer Composites

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will cover the latest developments in the field of rheology and advanced polymer materials, and will highlight current hot research topics focusing on the rheological study of advanced polymers and their composites (e.g., self-healing and shape-memory materials). It will demonstrate that the field of “Rheology of Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites” is still gaining increased attention. This Special Issue will provide cutting-edge research results and the latest developments in the field of material science and engineering, smart polymers with tailor-made properties, novel advanced biopolymers with unique properties, and their innovative processing and characterization via rheological measurements. The novel class of materials based on biopolymers and their composites filled with inorganic/organic functionalized fillers, namely, bio-based hybrids, is also covered by the Issue’s scope. These types of hybrid materials have great potential for application in electronics, food packaging, filtration, sensors, photo-actuators and more. In particular, due to their unique properties (e.g., biodegradability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, functional variability), bio-based nanocomposites show great potential for applications in tissue engineering and as drug carriers.

Ideally, contributions should focus on fundamental and experimental results in a thematic range that comprises the processing and characterization of advanced polymer-based materials as well as novel multiphase polymeric systems and nanocomposites. This Special Issue will compile the current trends/topics in materials-based macromolecular research and highlight the increasing range of applications. Both original papers and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Katarina Mosnackova
Guest Editor

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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• self-healing polymers rheology
• organic–inorganic hybrid materials
• natural polymers and biopolymers
• vitrimers
• polymer nanocomposites
• shape-memory materials
• biocomposites