Sustainable advanced and multifunctional polymer based materials for sensor and actuators, energy and environmental applications

Rapid technological developments in smart materials are needed in the context of Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) paradigms, also combining energy and environmental issues.

To meet these requirements, high-performance, sustainable and multifunctional materials based on sustainable polymer matrix and/or fillers with tailored dielectric, magnetic and conducting properties are required to improve device performance produced by sustainable and additive manufacturing processes.

Scope:

This symposium on advanced and multifunctional materials, encompassing fundamental and applied research, focuses on materials and processing techniques for advanced sensor and actuator applications, biomedical, energy, environmental monitoring and remediation, among others. The aim of this symposium is to focus on multifunctional materials from preparation to application, and with particular emphasis on the recent advances on these materials in terms of source (natural based materials, biodegradable materials, low environmental impact materials) and processability (e.g. additive manufacturing technologies).

Areas of interest will include, but not be limited to, the following topics:

• New advanced sustainable materials processable by additive manufacturing
• Advanced materials based on piezoelectric materials for sensors/actuators and biomedical application
• Membranes for environmental remediation.
• Advances composites for thermochromic and thermoelectric materials
• Binary and ternary composites for energy harvesting and storage
• Novel approaches for porous lightweight materials
• Multifunctional coatings for self-sensing, self-cleaning and self-healing applications
• Sustainable materials for printed electronics
• Advanced magnetically responsive multifunctional materials
• Sustainable composites based on natural and biopolymers
• Advanced characterization techniques for these materials, including in situ and operando techniques

Publication:

We are delighted to announce a themed collection arising from Symposium N – “Sustainable advanced and multifunctional polymer based materials for sensor and actuators, energy and environmental applications” – at E-MRS Fall Meeting.

Two RSC journals, RSC Sustainability and RSC Applied Polymers, welcome submissions on the following topics:

• New advanced sustainable materials processable by additive manufacturing
• Advanced materials based on piezoelectric materials for sensors/actuators and biomedical application
• Membranes for environmental remediation.
• Advances composites for thermochromic and thermoelectric materials
• Binary and ternary composites for energy harvesting and storage
• Novel approaches for porous lightweight materials
• Multifunctional coatings for self-sensing, self-cleaning and self-healing applications
• Sustainable materials for printed electronics
• Advanced magnetically responsive multifunctional materials
• Sustainable composites based on natural and biopolymers
• Advanced characterization techniques for these materials, including in situ and operando techniques

RSC Sustainability is a dedicated forum for scientists developing new sustainable technologies, or finding cleaner chemical solutions. The journal welcomes research from all subject areas that are dedicated to solving sustainability challenges for a better, greener future.

RSC Applied Polymersis a journal focused on the application of polymers, both natural and synthetic, including experimental and computational studies. The journal serves as a premier cross-disciplinary platform for scientific research that leverages polymeric materials in a range of applications, welcoming high-impact advances made possible with polymers across materials, biology, energy applications, and beyond.

The submission deadline to have your manuscript included is 31st March 2024. To express your interest in contributing to the collection, please contact Jon Ferrier in the editorial office (RSCSus-rsc@rsc.org).

To submit a manuscript to RSC Sustainability: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/RSCSus

To submit a manuscript to RSC Applied Polymers: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rscapplpolym