Polymer future trends

This series presents crit ical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science. It is addressed to all scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep abreast of advances in the topics covered. 

Schiraldi, D. A., Future trends in polyester polymers, in Proceedings of the Fibres to Finished Fabrics Conference, Prestburg, Manchester, UK, December 7-8, 1999, The Textile Institute, Manchester, UK, 1999. 

The book, divided into four sections, begins with a brief chapter describing some present problems in need of research and future trends related to polymer modification. The volume is not exhaustive but chapters were selected to illustrate specific aspects of more general areas of polymer modification. 

The features common to reversible polymer gels of many types are identified suid discussed. The nature of the gel state is carefully defined, and a novel classification scheme based on morphology, rather than chemical or mechanistic considerations, is proposed. The article also serves as an overview to some of the more commonly used techniques used in the study of gels, and as an introduction to some of the current trends in reversible gel research. Some speculations regarding future trends in reversible gel research are presented. 

Tamayo FG, Turiel E, Martin-Esteban A (2007) Molecularly imprinted polymers for solid-phase extraction and solid-phase microextraction recent developments and future trends. J Chromatogr A 1152(l-2) 32 i0... 

Spegel P, Schweitz L, Nilsson S (2003) Molecularly imprinted polymers in capillary electrochromatography recent developments and future trends. Electrophoresis 24(22-23) 3892-3899... 

There are several future trends for the development of passive sampling techniques. The first is the development of devices that can be used to monitor emerging environmental pollutants. Recently, attention has shifted from hydrophobic persistent organic pollutants to compounds with a medium-to-high polarity, for example, polar pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products.82 147148 Novel materials will need to be tested as selective receiving phases (e.g., ionic liquids, molecularly imprinted polymers, and immunoadsorbents), together with membrane materials that permit the selective diffusion of these chemicals. The sample extraction and preconcentration methods used for these devices will need to be compatible with LC-MS analytical techniques. 

In May 2002 an International Invited Workshop, attended by leading researchers in polymer processing and polymer engineering science, was convened in order to take stock of the historical evolution of the held of polymer processing, analyze current developments in research, take note of structural changes in the industry, and consider future trends. The underlying rationale, outlined in Appendix A of the final report (2), was... 

J. Malik and C. Krohnkea, Polymer stabilization Present status and possible future trends. C.R. Chim., 9, 1330-1337 (2006). 

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