Antimicrobial Fibrous Polymer Materials: Molecular Design and Functional Engineering

Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026 View: 316 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Assist. Prof. Wenliang Song

Email: wenliang@usst.edu.cn

Affiliation: School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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Research Interests: porous organic polymers; hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs); bactericidal materials; nanofibrous membranes

Summary

Antimicrobial fibrous polymer materials are a rapidly expanding frontier in polymer science, driven by urgent needs in infection control, food safety, environmental protection, and high-performance protective systems. With high surface area, tenable porosity, and interconnected networks, fibrous polymers are ideal platforms for integrating antimicrobial functions. Yet practical deployment is limited by insufficient long-term stability, weak interfacial interactions, and trade-offs between mechanical robustness and bioactivity. Recent progress in molecular design and functional engineering, including bio-inspired modification, dynamic covalent crosslinking, hydrogen-bond/electrostatic regulation, and surface functionalization which has improved durability and performance. Meanwhile, electrospinning, wet-spinning, melt-spinning, and interface-assisted assembly enable controlled fiber morphology and hierarchical architectures, supporting rational structure–property optimization. This Special Issue aims to bring together advances in design, fabrication, and application of antimicrobial fibrous polymers, accelerating innovations for biomedical devices, protective textiles, filtration, active packaging, and environmental remediation.

The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
• Molecular design of antimicrobial fibrous polymers
• Interface engineering and hierarchical fiber structures
• Bio-inspired or dynamic covalent crosslinked networks
• Advanced fiber fabrication
• Controlled release and long-term antimicrobial performance
• Structure–property relationships in antimicrobial fiber systems
• Sustainable and biodegradable antimicrobial fibrous materials
• Applications in biomedical devices, filtration, packaging, and protective textiles

Aim & Scope of our Journal:
JPM provides a platform for polymer synthesis, characterization, modification, processing, and applications, including blends, composites/nanocomposites, fibrous/porous polymers, coatings, adhesives, elastomers, and high-performance polymers.

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