Functional polymers

Functional polymers are polymers with advanced optic and/or electronic properties. Advantages of functional polymers include their low cost, the ease in which they can be processed and a range of attractive mechanical characteristics for functional organic molecules.[1] These properties can be adjusted whilst material usage is kept low consequently opening interesting environmental perspectives. Polymer bound substances can spread their activity without endangering people or the environment. The new REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) legislation will require chemical industry to come up with safe chemicals. As such, functional polymers can help achieve this goal.

Examples of functional polymers are;

  • Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers
  • Stimuli-Responsive Polymers (these allow for responsive drug delivery systems and smart surfaces for cell culture and regenerative medicine.)
  • Biomimetic Materials
  • Supramolecular Metallopolymers[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Functional Polymer and its Applications". Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. ↑ Schulz, D. N.; Patil, Abhimanyu O. (1998-05-08), "Functional Polymers: An Overview", ACS Symposium Series, American Chemical Society, pp. 1–14, doi:10.1021/bk-1998-0704.ch001, ISBN 0841235775, retrieved 2018-08-30
  3. ↑ Wegner, G (2000). "Functional polymers". Acta Materialia. 48 (1): 253–262. doi:10.1016/s1359-6454(99)00298-0. ISSN 1359-6454.
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