Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and...

crystals. Polymers are studied in the fields of polymer science (which includes polymer chemistry and polymer physics), biophysics and materials science and...

In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a...

Journal of Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed journal of polymer science currently published by John Wiley & Sons. It was originally established as the...

properties. The materials science field has since broadened to include every class of materials, including ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, magnetic...

In materials science, a thermosetting polymer, often called a thermoset, is a polymer that is obtained by irreversibly hardening ("curing") a soft solid...

ring-opening polymerization of lactide [–C(CH 3)HC(=O)O–] 2, the cyclic dimer of the basic repeating unit. Often PLA is blended with other polymers. PLA can...

Progress in Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing review articles on topics broadly related to polymer chemistry. The 2022...

of approximately 15,000 students. The university's School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is housed in a 12-story reflective glass building...

polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization from the monomer propylene....

to the synthetic polymers. IUPAC definition Artificial polymer: Man-made polymer that is not a biopolymer. Note 1: Artificial polymer should also be used...

In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. The polymerization of monomers into copolymers is called...

In polymer chemistry, free-radical polymerization (FRP) is a method of polymerization by which a polymer forms by the successive addition of free-radical...

The Society of Polymer Science is a Japanese non-profit organization that studies polymer science with a focus on Japan but also internationally. The Society...

Crystallization of polymers is a process associated with partial alignment of their molecular chains. These chains fold together and form ordered regions...

Chain-growth polymerization (AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on...

of the molecule. In polymer science, the polymer chain or simply backbone of a polymer is the main chain of a polymer. Polymers are often classified...

material used for thermal insulation and other applications. It is a solid polymeric foam based on polyurethane chemistry. The so-called flexible polyurethane...

Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) is a polymer comprising two or more networks which are at least partially interlaced on a polymer scale but not covalently...

components of composite materials. Polymer chemistry can also be included in the broader fields of polymer science or even nanotechnology, both of which...

The Journal of Applied Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering polymer science. The journal covers all applications of synthetic...

A polymer electrolyte is a polymer matrix capable of ion conduction. Much like other types of electrolyte—liquid and solid-state—polymer electrolytes aid...

polymethacrylates via atom transfer radical polymerization". Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 45 (9): 1653–1660. Bibcode:2007JPoSA...

In polymer chemistry, step-growth polymerization refers to a type of polymerization mechanism in which bi-functional or multifunctional monomers react...

In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of chain growth polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been...

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain one or two ester linkages in every repeat unit of their main chain. As a specific material, it most commonly...

In polymer chemistry, condensation polymers are any kind of polymers whose process of polymerization involves a condensation reaction (i.e. a small molecule...

Excellence in Polymer Science from 2002 to 2007 at Karnatak University. He also worked as a Scientific Advisor to Reliance Life Sciences in Mumbai from...

In polymer chemistry photo-oxidation (sometimes: oxidative photodegradation) is the degradation of a polymer surface due to the combined action of light...

Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms. Like other polymers, biopolymers consist of monomeric units that are covalently...