Research progress in functional polymer materials

• Published in: Cai liao gong cheng = Journal of materials engineering Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 55 - 65
• Main Authors: Han, Chao-Yue, Hou, Bing-Na, Zheng, Ze-Lin, Xu, Wen-Jing, Shen, Hui-Ling, Li, Zheng-Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Beijing Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials 01.06.2021; Journal of Materials Engineering
• Subjects: Biological activity; Biomedical materials; biomedicine; environmental degradation; functional polymer materials; Functionals; Hydrogels; New technology; Photoelectricity; Photosensitivity; Polymers; Self healing materials; Shape memory; smart hydrogel; Weight reduction
• ISSN: 1001-4381; 1001-4381
• DOI: 10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2020.000487

Functional polymer material is a type of polymer materials with special functions such as catalysis, conductivity, photosensitivity, and biological activity. They have the function of transmitting, converting, or storing substances, energy, and information. Functional polymer materials have the characteristics of light weight, numerous varieties and strong specialty, which make them widely used in machinery, information technology, biomedicine and other fields. The development of functional polymer materials is very rapid. In order to meet the needs of new technologies in various fields, functional polymer materials are gradually developing towards multi-function such as electromagnetic materials and photothermal materials. With the emergence of smart polymers, functional polymer materials are gradually being developed towards intelligence, such as self-healing functional polymer materials and shape memory materials. The research progress of functional polymer materials in recent years was summarized in this