New trends in industrial polymer research |
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Authors: | Hans Uwe Schenck |
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Institution: | BASF Aktiengesellschaft , Polymer Research, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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Abstract: | In the past decades a shift in paradigm took place in industrial polymer research. Only a few new polymers were developed based on new monomeric building blocks. The main focus is now on tailoring “new polymers” with well-defined structure and properties based on a set of low cost “old” monomers using controlled polymerization mechanisms. |
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Keywords: | mechanical properties thermoplastics |
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