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The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics2020
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Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Alaa S. Abd‐El‐Aziz,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
Laura Hartmann,
Kirsten Severing,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Christoph Weder
Markus Antonietti,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Michael R. Buchmeiser,
Chuanbing Tang,
Mara Staffilani,
Mara Staffilani,
Guangzhao Zhang,
Christopher Barner‐Kowollik,
Cyrille Boyer,
Cyrille Boyer,
Markus Antonietti,
Yusuf Yağcı,
Guangzhao Zhang,
Christoph Weder
Wolfgang H. Binder,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Nicola Tirelli,
Nicola Tirelli,
Nicola Tirelli,
Guangzhao Zhang,
Alexander Böker,
Nicola Tirelli,
Bernhard Rieger,
Cyrille Boyer,
Cyrille Boyer,
Brent S. Sumerlin,
Mara Staffilani,
Michael R. Buchmeiser,
Richard Hoogenboom,
David L. Kaplan,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Christoph Weder
Brigitte Voit,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Stephen Z. D. Cheng,
Brigitte Voit,
Brigitte Voit,
Brigitte Voit,
Ben Zhong Tang,
David L. Kaplan,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Franck D’Agosto,
Ben Zhong Tang,
George Floudas,
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Wolfgang H. Binder,
Holger Frey,
Giancarlo Galli,
Jan Genzer,
Thomas P. Russell,
Laura Hartmann,
Richard Hoogenboom,
Takashi Ishizone,
David L. Kaplan,
Mario Leclerc,
Andreas Lendlein,
Bin Liu,
Timothy E. Long,
Sabine Ludwigs,
Jean‐François Lutz,
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,
Michaël A. R. Meier,
Kläus Müllen,
Markus Müllner,
Markus Müllner,
Bernhard Rieger,
Thomas P. Russell,
Thomas P. Russell,
Daniel A. Savin,
A. Dieter Schlüter,
Ulrich S. Schubert,
Sebastian Seiffert,
Kirsten Severing,
Kirsten Severing,
João B. P. Soares,
Mara Staffilani,
Brent S. Sumerlin,
Yanming Sun,
Ben Zhong Tang,
Chuanbing Tang,
Patrick Théato,
Patrick Théato,
Nicola Tirelli,
Ophelia K. C. Tsui,
Miriam M. Unterlass,
Miriam M. Unterlass,
Philipp Vana,
Brigitte Voit,
Sergey Vyazovkin,
Sergey Vyazovkin,
Christoph Weder
Ulrich Wiesner,
Wai‐Yeung Wong,
Chi Wu,
Yusuf Yağcı,
Jiayin Yuan,
Guangzhao Zhang,
Christoph Weder
Summary
This review reflects on 100 years of polymer science since Hermann Staudinger's foundational work on polymerization, examining how synthetic polymers have transformed modern society and exploring future directions for the field.
Abstract The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the first article on polymerization, published by Hermann Staudinger. It is Staudinger who realized that polymers consist of long chains of covalently linked building blocks. Polymers have had a tremendous impact on the society ever since this initial publication. People live in a world that is almost impossible to imagine without synthetic polymers. But what does the future hold for polymer science? In this article, the editors and advisory board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics reflect on this question.