title: New Polymers: Beautiful Structures, But How Can We Bring Them to the Market?
abstract: "… Nobody in our academic polymer community doubts that polymers are the materials of the 21st century, and will continue to enable and drive the development of future technologies, and ensure our high standard of living and wellbeing in the context of both an aging population and the energy transformation. However, we should be aware that there is a difference between polymers and plastics …" Read more about this perspective in the Guest Editorial by Brigitte Voit.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Hohe Strasse 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Voit