The Past 40 Years of Macromolecular Sciences: Reflections on Challenges in Synthetic Polymer and Material Science.
amyloid assemblies
biopolymers
click chemistry
living polymerization
self-healing polymers
sequence polymers
Journal
Macromolecular rapid communications
ISSN: 1521-3927
Titre abrégé: Macromol Rapid Commun
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9888239
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
15
08
2018
revised:
18
09
2018
pubmed:
26
10
2018
medline:
2
3
2019
entrez:
26
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Technology and science are often successful in discontinuities ("disruptive innovations" or "leapfrogging"), in turn allowing true, big societal development by entire changes in technology rather than by minuscule stepwise improvements. Examples are the emergence of modern computer science by inventing the field-effect transistor rather than further fine-tuning the "Röhrentransistor"; the development of (organic) light-emitting diodes in advance of the "Gasglühstrumpf"; CRISPR/Cas exceeding any previous genetic method or Ziegler-Natta polymerization enabling stereoregular polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in advance of free-radical polymerization. Where may the frogs in polymer science in the future "jump" to? Contemplating past achievements in (synthetic) polymer science, such as living polymerization, "click" chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, the potentially "leaping" areas of self-healing and (bio)degradable materials, amyloids, and biomaterials are reflected upon.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30357987
doi: 10.1002/marc.201800610
doi:
Substances chimiques
Macromolecular Substances
0
Polymers
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e1800610Subventions
Organisme : DFG
Organisme : EU
Organisme : FWF
Organisme : MLU-Halle-Wittenberg
Informations de copyright
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