This Special Issue focuses on sustainability in biopolymer research, addressing pressing environmental challenges linked to synthetic polymer use. Submit your manuscript by January 31, 2026.
The circular economy refers to a systemic approach to designing, producing, using, and disposing of polymers in a way that minimizes waste and maximizes resource efficiency. With a global shift towards safer, bio-based, biodegradable, or recyclable alternatives, this Special Issue seeks to collate biopolymer researchers’ efforts towards this end.
We are pleased to invite you to submit your original research articles to Biomacromolecules. Submissions should be focused on sustainable resource use, end-of-life management, design for circularity, and methods for reducing pollution or carbon footprint in polymer production.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Circularity in biopolymer design
- Upcycling of petroleum-based polymers & biodegradable polymers
- Bio-based monomers sourced from biomass, biomass waste (e.g. waste vegetable oils), & CO2
- Chemical, enzymatic, and hybrid approaches to polymer recycling
- Biodegradation pathways
- Environmental fate of biopolymers
- Functional biopolymers from circular feedstocks
- Biological engineering for polymer metabolism
Organizing Editors
Prof. Masami Kamigaito, Associate Editor, Macromolecules
Nagoya University, Japan
Prof. Sylvain Caillol, Guest Editor
Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpellier University, France
Prof. Youssef Habibi, Guest Editor
University Mohammed VI Polytvechnic, Morocco
Prof. Andriy Voronov, Guest Editor
North Dakota State University, United States
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through January 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include research articles, perspectives, and reviews. Proposals for Reviews and Perspectives should be sent prior to submission through their respective forms.
Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Authors are encouraged to adhere to FAIR Data Principles when submitting their work.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the "Journals" tab.
- Choose Biomacromolecules.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Biomacromolecules: A Circular Economy."
- Reminder: Proposals for Reviews and Perspectives should be sent prior to submission through their respective forms.
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact managing.editor@biomac.acs.org.
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