Sustainable Two Dimensional-Based Polymer Composites for 3D Printing: Preparation, Properties and Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 242
Special Issue Editors
Interests: graphene-based materials; bio-polymers; adsorption; aerogels; 3D extrusion printing
Interests: Nanomaterials; mechanochemical synthesis; solid characterization; dichalcogenides; batteries.
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Dear Colleagues,
Replacing petroleum-based polymers with bio-based polymers is one of the most sustainable and challenging goals that our society is facing in the industry. In this sense, natural polymers extracted from biomass such as proteins and polysaccharides play a significant role in the production of intelligent materials and the circular economy. However, one of the main drawbacks of these bio-based products is their mechanical properties, limiting their use in different applications, such as 3D printing. Therefore, multiple attempts have been made to make these bio-polymers more suitable for these applications by introducing different fillers to their use. In this sense, carbon-based materials have been proven to increase the final mechanical properties of the bio-product, among others. Since graphene was discovered, multiple routes to synthesize 2D materials have been developed; however, today, the way that these 2D materials interact with these bio-polymers to obtain a suitable biomaterial ink for 3D printing is under study.
This Special Issue aims to cover different aspects related to the synthesis and properties of these two dimensional-based bio-polymer composites that will be used in 3D printing applications.
Prof. Dr. Adrián Esteban-Arranz
Dr. Viviana Jehová González Velázquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon-based composites
- hydrogels
- protein-based polymers
- biomaterial inks
- 3D printing
- scaffolds
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