Functional Sol-Gel Polymer-Based Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1549
Special Issue Editors
Interests: materials science; hybrid materials; sol-gel; biomaterialsglass
Interests: materials (polymers, ceramics, composites) for biomedical applications; drug delivery nanosystems; metallodrugs with antitumoral, antidiabetic, and antibacterial properties
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Interests: organic‒inorganic hybrid; carbon dots; photoluminescence; optoelectronic device
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Any type of specially designed material with a determined function can be defined as a functional material. Hybrid materials are a good example of functional materials, with applications in a variety of fields, such as electronics, photonics, medical or surface treatment.
Historically, the First European Workshop on Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Materials, which took place in France in 1993, was probably the kick-off for the dizzying development in this area over the last 30 years, bringing us applications in such diverse areas.
This Special Edition of MDPI Polymers, “Functional Sol–Gel-Based Materials”, is an invitation to all those who develop hybrid materials using the sol–gel method in different areas of applications to present and disseminate the most recent developments.
Dr. José Carlos Almeida
Dr. Bárbara Leite Ferreira
Prof. Dr. Lianshe Fu
Guest Editors
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