Smart Polymers for Stimuli-Responsive Devices
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editor
Interests: liquid crystals; polymer; light-responsive and multi-stimuli-responsive smart materials and devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Smart materials have attracted intensive attention due to their fancy properties and wide applications. Among them, smart polymers develop rapidly both in industry and academic research. There are a lot of smart polymers or polymer composites such as self-healing polymers, liquid crystal dimming films, stimuli-responsive hydrogels, liquid crysltal elastomers, and so on. They have promising applications in smart windows, wearable/implantable devices, soft robotics, sensors, anti-counterfeit labels and so on. In this Special Issue, we aim to unearth the new advances in smart polymers and polymer composites. Any breakthrough on the material or application of smart polymer is welcome. The synergistic coupling of polymers with nanomaterials can spark new ideas about functionality and performance enhancement. Thus, we seek to spotlight discoveries that encompass a wide spectrum of topics and research articles or reviews concerning the topic are both welcome.
Dr. Cheng Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart materials
- polymer composites
- self-healing polymers
- liquid crystal
- stimuli-responsive hydrogels
- elastomers
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