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Advances in the Development of New Formulations and Products-Based on Polymers and Biopolymers

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2017

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Interests: emulsions; surfactant; rheology; disperse system; nanoemugels; cryo-SEM; multiple light scattering; laser diffraction; nanoencapulation; suspoemulsion
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Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Interests: emulsions; surfactant; rheology; disperse system; nanoemugels; cryo-SEM; multiple light scattering; laser diffraction; nanoencapulation; suspoemulsion
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It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue, "Advances in the Development of New Formulations and Products based on Polymers and Biopolymers", in Polymers (impact factor: 4.967). The objective of this Special Issue is to present the latest scientific and technical achievements in the field of polymers and biopolymers for the development of new products and formulations. It represents a good opportunity for researchers around the world to disseminate different aspects of their work and report the results related to this topic. 

Potential topics include, but are not limited to: 

  • Polymers and/or biopolymers in product design;  
  • Formulation of polymer-based products through innovative and/or ecofriendly routes; 
  • New advances in the characterization of polymer-based formulations and products; 
  • Potential technological applications of polymer-based materials. 

The Editor will also consider any related topics that have not been clearly specified above. The purpose of this Special Issue is to bring together current perspectives from material scientists, physicists, chemists, and chemical engineers, as well as others who are active in the field to discuss the topics mentioned above. We are pleased to invite authors to submit original research papers, reviews, short messages and concept papers. 

Prof. Dr. Luis Alfonso Trujillo-Cayado
Dr. Nuria Calero
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Effect of the Welan Gum Concentration on the Rheological and Structural Behaviour of Biocomposite Hydrogels with Sepiolite as Filler
by José A. Carmona, Pablo Ramírez, Nuria Calero and José Muñoz
Polymers 2023, 15(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15010033 - 22 Dec 2022
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Abstract
A very positive and effective approach to tuning the mechanical properties of polymers has been the development of composites. This paper deals with novel biocomposite hydrogels composed by two biocompatible materials: welan gum as biopolymer matrix and sepiolite as filler. Welan gum content [...] Read more.
A very positive and effective approach to tuning the mechanical properties of polymers has been the development of composites. This paper deals with novel biocomposite hydrogels composed by two biocompatible materials: welan gum as biopolymer matrix and sepiolite as filler. Welan gum content was studied as a tuning parameter to control the rheological properties of the developed biocomposites. The rheological and microstructural behaviour of the composites was investigated by mean of steady-state flow curves, creep-recovery tests, small amplitude oscillatory shear tests, and electron microscopy. An increase in welan gum content provoked the progressive disappearance of the shear-thinningzero-shear-thinning behaviour with a yield point which was clearly defined, characteristic of sepiolite gels, leading to a conventional shear-thinning behaviour, typical of polymeric systems. Also, a higher content of biopolymer in the mixtures led to a more elastic and compact structure characterized by higher values of both G’ and G”. The fundamental novelty was based on taking the flowability provided by the biopolymer as the main objective and reinforcing the viscosity yielded by welan gum with sepiolite, which contributed to increasing the biocomposite consistency. Thus, rheological properties can be adjusted, taking into account the balance of the components to adapt them to the requirements of each application. Full article
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