Pure & Applied Chemistry

Polymer chemistry

Polymer chemistry is a multidisciplinary science that deals with the  synthesis and chemical properties of polymers which were considered as macromolecules. Polymers are high molecular mass compounds formed by polymerization of monomers. Schematically polymers are subdivided into biopolymers, synthetic polymers and thermoplastic polymers. Bipolymers produced by living organisms, Thermoplastic polymers such as polyethylene, teflon, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyester, polyurethane, Poly(methyl methacrylate), vinyl chloride, nylon, rayon, cellulose, silicon, glass fiber. There are different types of polymerization namely Living polymerization, Block and functional polymers, Group transfer polymerization, Living radical polymerization.