Special Issue: "Smart and Functional Polymers"

Molecules. 2019 Aug 16;24(16):2976. doi: 10.3390/molecules24162976.

Abstract

Polymerization provides an efficient strategy for synthesizing macromolecules with versatile functionality [...].

Keywords: functional polymers for diagnosis, imaging, drug delivery, and tissue engineering; functional polymers used in food science; polymer-based medical devices; polymer-based supramolecular chemistry; polymerization or post-polymerization modification methods; polymers for fabrication; polymers for industrial catalysis; polymers for information storage, electronics, and energy conversion; polymers for sensing, separation, and purification; polymers for water or effluent treatment; polymers with biological activity (e.g., antitumor, antidiabetic, and antimicrobial activity); renewable polymer materials used for agriculture; self-healing polymers; shape memory polymers; stimuli-responsive polymers.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis
  • Biological Products / chemistry*
  • Biological Products / pharmacology
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods
  • Food Technology / methods
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Polymerization
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Polymers / pharmacokinetics
  • Tissue Engineering / methods
  • Water Purification / methods

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Polymers