Photoactive and Electroactive Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 5201
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Interests: electrochromic polymers; light-emitting diodes; solar cell; fuel cell; functional polymers and materials for optoelectronic devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymers with stimuli-responsive effects such as photoactive and electroactive properties have attracted great interest owing to their fine shape deformability and shape memory characteristics. Many types of polymers such as ferroelectric polymers, electrostrictive graft polymers, liquid crystalline polymers, ionic polymer-metal composite, and other types of polymers have photoactive or electroactive properties. For example, conducting polymer is one of the most promising electroactive materials and polyurethane is a common photoactive polymer. These interesting polymers have found potential applications in aerospace, the textile industry, sensors, drug delivery systems, and other various fields. Recent advances and developments in photoactive and electroactive polymers show that new platforms and technologies can be used to design and fabricate innovative photoactive and electroactive polymer architectures with extensive applications in various areas. Therefore, this Special Issue includes the synthesis, physicochemical properties, optical and electrochemical characterization, deformability and shape memory characteristics, and applications of photoactive and electroactive polymers in various fields. In addition, feature articles, communications, and review papers with regard to the advancements of photoactive and electroactive polymer materials in a particular area are also invited to submit to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Tzi-yi Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Photoactive polymers and materials
- Electroactive polymers and materials
- Synthesis of photoactive and electroactive polymer composites for various applications
- Hybrid electroactive polymer-inorganic composites
- Hybrid photoactive polymer-inorganic composites
- Optical and electrochemical characterizations, physicochemical properties characterizations, and shape deformability and shape memory characterization of photoactive and electroactive polymers.
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