Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials: A New Chance for Our Future
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 24625
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polyesters; synthesis; chemical modification; thermal properties; mechanical properties; barrier properties; biodegradability; food packaging; active packaging; diffusion; permeability; bio-based and biodegradable polymers; polymers from waste; nanocomposites; biocomposites; life cycle assessment
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Interests: bio-based polymers and their composites; cellulose modification; extrusion processing; foam products from polymers, nanocellulose, and nanocomposites; industrial bio-residue and waste disposal; thermoplastic and thermoset nanocomposites
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The changing concerns of consumers and industry with regard to environmentally friendly technology on the topics safety, quality, and easy handling properties have further increased the interest of the field’s research community in eco-friendly polymers and plastics for different applications, such as packaging, the biomedical and cosmetic field, as well as for membrane formulation as a new tool for the removal of pollutants from water, wastewater, and air (polymer membrane separation technique). In reality, those materials are mostly obtained from fossil sources, but the depletion of petroleum reserves, the fluctuating price of petroleum-based products, and the stringent environmental regulations due to severe environmental pollution and waste management issues have prompted the use of chemicals derived from renewable resources in both the scientific and industrial communities. Among possible alternatives, polymers and membranes coming from natural compounds like sugar, polysaccharides, cellulose, and waste, especially food waste, are gaining even more interest, thanks to their bio-degradability, renewability, inherent environmental inertness, low price, and specific thermomechanical properties, as well as selectivity and permeability behavior. In addition, nanomaterials are promising candidates for this purpose, considered as the cutting edge of creating the next generation of polymers and polymers membranes.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the results concerning the synthesis, characterization, and structure–property relationship of those eco-friendly polymers and polymer membranes in order to reach the perfect optimization of their properties for their potential future application in every field of interest.
Prof. Valentina Siracusa
Prof. Mehdi Jonoobi
Guest Editors
Keywords
- biopolymers
- biodegradable polymers
- bio-based polymers
- sustainable polymers
- polymers from waste
- bio-polyesters
- eco-friendly materials
- cellulose membrane
- polymer filtration for water purification
- polymer filtration for air purification
- nanocomposite membrane based on cellulose
- polymer for biomedical application
- nanocomposite for cosmetic application
- structure–property relations
- gas barrier behavior
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