The application of petroleum-based polymers has contributed to increasing environmental consciousness and sustainable development has become a great concern in modern society. For example, bio-derived materials from renewable resources like polylactic acid, have been recognized as a promising environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics; and waste recycled plastics like poly(ethylene terephthalate), can reduce pollution and make more efficient use of resources. However, most of these sustainable polymeric materials are inflammable, which brings about a potential fire threat, thus limiting its application in practice. It is necessary and urgent to expand their applications by improving their fire safety.
A flame-retardant system can form a protective carbonaceous layer on the surface of the matrix to block the combustion process in condensed phase or deemed as free radical scavengers and had excellent quenching effect for flame-inhibition in gas phase. Therefore, incorporating flame retardants into the renewable or recycled polymeric materials can improve their fire retardancy to broaden their applications. Moreover, the use of the flame retardants produced from sustainable chemicals delivers greener solution still. However, the flame retardant structures are related to the thermal decomposition of the polymer during its combustion, which needs reasonable design to achieve the improvement of flame retardancy of the polymer.
This Research Topic intends to publish original research articles, perspectives, and review articles that investigate (but are not limited to) the following themes:
Sustainable Flame Retardants: design, synthesis, characterization, and their application in polymers;
Sustainable polymers: new synthesis or modification methods or processes for preparing or modifying recycled/waste/bioderived polymeric materials with enhanced fire safety and other properties
The application of petroleum-based polymers has contributed to increasing environmental consciousness and sustainable development has become a great concern in modern society. For example, bio-derived materials from renewable resources like polylactic acid, have been recognized as a promising environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics; and waste recycled plastics like poly(ethylene terephthalate), can reduce pollution and make more efficient use of resources. However, most of these sustainable polymeric materials are inflammable, which brings about a potential fire threat, thus limiting its application in practice. It is necessary and urgent to expand their applications by improving their fire safety.
A flame-retardant system can form a protective carbonaceous layer on the surface of the matrix to block the combustion process in condensed phase or deemed as free radical scavengers and had excellent quenching effect for flame-inhibition in gas phase. Therefore, incorporating flame retardants into the renewable or recycled polymeric materials can improve their fire retardancy to broaden their applications. Moreover, the use of the flame retardants produced from sustainable chemicals delivers greener solution still. However, the flame retardant structures are related to the thermal decomposition of the polymer during its combustion, which needs reasonable design to achieve the improvement of flame retardancy of the polymer.
This Research Topic intends to publish original research articles, perspectives, and review articles that investigate (but are not limited to) the following themes:
Sustainable Flame Retardants: design, synthesis, characterization, and their application in polymers;
Sustainable polymers: new synthesis or modification methods or processes for preparing or modifying recycled/waste/bioderived polymeric materials with enhanced fire safety and other properties
