Polymer physics and engineering

At least it seems to be the right time to create a more fhiitfol exchange of ideas between the scientists, working on the different fields of colloidal chemistry, polymer physics and engineering, as well as nonequilibrium thermodynamics and evolution theory . 

Colorado State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polymer Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Ft. Collins, Colorado... 

The science and technology of conducting polymers are inherently interdisciplinary they fall at the intersection of three established disciplines chemistry, physics and engineering hence the name for this volume. These macromolccular materials are synthesized by the methods of organic chemistry. Their electronic structure and electronic properties fall within the domain of condensed matter physics. Efficient processing of conjugated polymer materials into useful forms and the fabrication of electronic and opto-electronic devices require input from engineering i. e. materials science (more specifically, polymer science) and device physics. 

As a result of the remarkable progress in the chemistry, physics and engineering (device physics) of semiconducting and metallic polymers, we are now witnessing the beginning of a revolution in Plastic Electronics . 

G. Horowitz, in Semiconducting Polymers. Chemistry, Physics and Engineering, G. Hadziioannou and P. F. van Hutten, Eds., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2000, pp. 463-514. 

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