Wood Polymer Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2022) | Viewed by 2927
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geopolymers; cultural heritage; Raman spectroscopy; lime mortars; sustainable materials; natural fibers in composites
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Interests: wood technology; wood protection and modification; coating technology; fiber modification; packaging materials
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Interests: bionanocomposite films based on sustainable polymers and nanoclay; nanomaterials for cultural heritage; nanocarriers for drug delivery; adsorbent nanomaterials for remediation.
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue of the Journal Polymers focused on “Wood Polymer Composites”.
Wood polymer composites have attracted increasing research in recent decades, as the demands for environmentally friendly, low-cost, and good-strength composite materials have increased significantly. Wood polymer composites are currently spreading to all application areas, as they can be used as an alternative to natural wood, lower carbon footprint polymer composites, or as an alternative to the disposal of wood particles coming from different fields.
This Special Issue will consider new advancements in wood polymer composites as, but not limited to: new material proposals, improvements of existing ones, recycling of wood polymer composites, biodegradable and-or natural origin polymers for wood polymer composites, characterization of durability, adhesion improvement between fibers and matrix, wood polymer composites for 3D printing applications, mechanical properties of wood polymer composites and their modeling, and wood polymer composite life cycle assessments.
Authors are encouraged to submit their work on the suggested topics both in the form of experimental and theoretical original research, or review articles.
The editorial board will work to ensure a quick and effective peer review process.
Dr. Bartolomeo Megna
Prof. Dr. Bartłomiej Mazela
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Cavallaro
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- wood polymer composites
- sustainability
- durability
- biodegradable polymers
- biopolymers
- recycling
