- The Macrogalleria
- A Cyberwonderland of Polymer fun. Includes on screen polymer reactions. A wonderful learning tool.
- Biodegradable Plastic Resin - University of Nebraska Institute of Natural Resources offers to supply information on a patented product made from starch.
- Biostable and biocompatible polymers - Abstracts of selected publications and patents dealing with biostable and biocompatible thermoplastic and segmented polyurethanes.
- Elastomer Engineering and Testing - Consults or performs finite element analysis, stress strain, fatigue, crack growth, and tearing energy testing on elastomers or rubber materials and components.
- Photopolymer.com - A site for information and ecommerce on radiation-curable and imageable polymers. These polymers are used as photoresists, coatings, inks, adhesives, printing plates etc.
- Plastemart.com - Provides information on plastics and environment, associations and institutions, books and publications, news and a discussion forum.
- Polymer and Organic Flexible Displays - This page describes and links background information and recent developments in several key polymer and organic display technologies which are turning mechanically flexible displays into a reality.
- Polymer Chemistry Hypertext - An educational resource compiled by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
- Polymer FEM - Forum for discussing constitutive models for polymers and their implementation in general purpose finite element programs.
- Polymer foam case studies - Three case studies to do with polymer foam compression, packaging design and seating cushion design.
- Polymeric Research - Polymer Processing, characterization and computer modelling. Various new technologies are described. Solids modelling and quick prototyping vis SLA is also available.
- Polymers and People - Article explores research, over 150 years, that has led to polymers use in medicine, like organ transplants.
- Polymers in Automobile Industry - About polymers and their uses and possible uses in the automobile industry, written for a general audience.
- Rubber Division - American Chemical Society - Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.
- Self Healing Polymer Research - Provides information about the self healing polymers research group at the University of Illinois. Contains publications in full text (PDFs) and a gallery including photos, animations and videos.
- Surface Modified Silicone Rubber - A wet-chemical method generates a variety of functional groups in the surface of fromed silicone articles. This is the basis for bonding biologically active compounds, ionically and/or covalently.
- Teflon - Links to technical resources and its applications .
- Trends in Plastics - Facts, Trends, News about plastics. Semi-personal website developed by a senior member of two prestigious professional associations (the ACS and SPE), giving interesting perspectives on the business, materials and processes.
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Description
A Polymer is a large molecule built up by the repetition of small, simple chemical units. Repetition can be linear, branched, cross-linked or dendritic. The repeat unit is usually equivalent to the monomer - the starting material from which the polymer is |
