Special topic on research frontier in polymer science in China

• 来源期刊: 中国科学:化学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2016,（12）
• 页码范围: 1529-1530
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11426-016-0447-4

摘要

Polymer science is a multiple discipline that studies synthesis,structure,function and application of macromolecules.It encompasses subdisciplines of polymer chemistry,physics and engineering.Despite the fact that polymeric materials had been known and used for quite long time,polymer chemistry was not established until Hermann Staudinger coined the concept of "Makromoleküle" in the 1920s.From then on,polymer chemistry developed quickly,which subsequently gave birth to polymer physics and engineering.As a result,polymer science was finally formed.Nowadays,the achievement in polymer science has greatly promoted the development of our word and been part of our civilization.