Magnetic Field in Polymer Research
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2018) | Viewed by 65129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: magneto science; X-ray diffraction; solid-state NMR; cellulose nano crystal; actuator; chirality
Interests: higher order structure of polymer; composite materials; magnetic alignment of feeble magnetic materials, NMR spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Most polymers, including commercial synthetic polymers, and biopolymers such as proteins, DNAs and polysaccharides, are non-magnetic materials and considered to be indifferent to magnetic fields. However, they are in fact magnetized, though weakly (they are diamagnetic), and thus, they can respond to an applied magnetic field. This magnetic response of polymers can be utilized for polymer processing. For example, polymeric particles (e.g., polystyrene and polypropylene) can be separated by using the difference in their magnetic susceptibilities; polymeric fibers that are nano- to micrometers in size can be aligned owing to their magnetic anisotropy; small polymeric particles can be manipulated into a designed pattern under spatially modulated magnetic fields; and magnetic fields can encourage the formation of microstructures of block copolymers. All of these phenomena are well known only to a limited number of polymer scientists despite their high potential in many polymer processing applications, while polymer composites, gels and elastomers containing magnetic particles are relatively well recognized.
This Special Issue is aimed at documenting recent advances in the use of magnetic fields for polymer processing and fabrication of functional polymeric systems. Both original papers and communications are welcome, including but not limited to those on the use of magnetic force and torque for the processing of polymeric systems.
Prof. Tsunehisa KimuraProf. Masafumi Yamato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- magnetic orientation
- magnetic levitation and separation
- magnetic patterning and manipulation
- magnetorheology
- phase separation under magnetic fields
- magnetic nanoparticle
- block copolymers
- biopolymers
- graphene
- nanotubes
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