Novel Polymer Materials for Optical Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 604
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Interests: polymer science; intelligent polymers; nanomaterials; optoelectronics polymers; polymers for non linear optics; smart materials; biophotonic materials; conductive polymers; renewable polymers
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Dear Colleagues,
The last decade of the last century was marked by a revolution in the synthesis of smart materials. As evidenced by the number of articles published in high-impact journals, research in this area shows no signs of slowing down. Of note is the ongoing dispute among specialists regarding the origin of these materials: inorganic or organic, natural or synthetic, hybrid or pure?
Although blamed for their lack of biodegradability, polymers are still a challenging class of materials for the development of smart technologies. The increased interest in the use of polymers is related first to excellent properties, and second to compositional–structural versatility due to reactive and inertial functionality. The last years have marked an explosive development of these materials, with applicability in various fields such as biomedical devices, imaging, optical communication networks, optical storage media or combined nanophotonic–nanoelectronic photovoltaic systems, biomaterials for optical detectors, materials for integrated optics, optics, nonlinear optical materials, laser materials, nanomaterials, metamaterials, soft materials, IR materials, optical fiber materials, and hybrid materials for quantum photonics.
The proposed volume aims to capitalize, through dissemination, the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, and integration of polymers in this technical field. The topic addresses the modeling, design, synthesis, assembly, and modeling of polymeric materials, highlighting optical properties, new optical devices, and applications, including imaging systems, lasers, LEDs, nanoscale devices, etc., quantum photonics, bio-inspired optics, biophotonics, waveguides and fibers, sensors, detectors, biomimetic materials, and other new and emerging fields.
Prof. Dr. Ana-Maria Albu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- conjugated polymers for energy applications
- semiconductor polymers
- polymers for optical detection
- polymers in bio-imaging
- polymers for nonlinear optics
- photochromic polymer materials
- polymers for optical components
- bio-inspired polymers for optics
- bio-photonics
- wave and fiber guides
- sensors
- detectors
- bio-mimetic materials
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