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Trends in industrial polymer research
Author(s) -
Warzelhan Volker,
Brandstetter Franz
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200351132
Subject(s) - polymer , monomer , polymerization , materials science , polymer science , focus (optics) , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , physics , optics
In the past decades a shift in paradigm took place in industrial polymer research for structural materials. Only a few new polymers based on new monomeric building blocks were developed. The main focus is now on tailoring improved “old polymers” with well‐defined structure and properties based on a set of low cost “old” monomers using controlled polymerization mechanisms.