Polymer Technology
(Åbo Akademi University)
Carl-Eric Wilén
Dr., Professor
At present some of the most exciting work on advanced functional materials development is being made in macromolecular sciences and engineering due to plastics versatility with respect to chemical and mechanical properties. It has now become possible to introduce specific properties to polymeric materials in terms of morphology, topology, interconnected porosity and functionality through molecular engineering and/or processing. As a consequence, functional polymers have been developed for a wide range of applications including optoelectronics (conducting polymers, magnetic polymers and polymers for nonlinear optics), photographic materials, sensors, paper coatings, specialty membranes, gels, biomaterials, organic catalysis (supported catalysts), paints, fuels, additives, etc.
Our objective is to introduce specific functionality to various polymeric materials by controlled synthesis, post modification, blending or by addition of specialty additives. In particular, the correlation between material properties and chemical composition is of great interest. The aim is to prepare novel polymeric materials that can successfully be used in various electronic devices by paper industry, printing houses and industry specialized in diagnostics.
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