AUTHOR=Javed Athar , Idrees Faryal , Jeong Dae-Yong , Bahnemann Detlef W. , Cao Chuanbao TITLE=Editorial: Recent advances in functional materials: polymers and composite materials JOURNAL=Frontiers in Materials VOLUME=11 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/articles/10.3389/fmats.2024.1426738 DOI=10.3389/fmats.2024.1426738 ISSN=2296-8016