Author(s):
1. Dušanka Marčetić, Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract:
Polymers are a class of materials that are ubiquitous in our daily lives. They have found their application in packaging, construction, clothing, transport and electric industry, electronics, medicine etc. Natural polymers have been in use since ancient times, but it is only in the 19th century that, by applying some specific treatments, their properties began to be modified fruitfully. At the beginning of the 20th century the first completely synthetic polymer was produced, and after that, particularly during the Second World War, the mass-production and creation began. Nowadays, more than 400 millions of metric tons of plastics is produced annually in the world, and the problem of accumulated waste has been taking its toll. In this presentation we will first deal with polymers in general, then we will give short review of synthetic polymers development and future trends, and then mostly focus, from the physicists point of view, on the properties of single linear polymer as the building block of polymeric material.

Key words:
polymer classification,linear polymer,physics

Thematic field:
SYMPOSIUM A - Science of matter, condensed matter and physics of solid states

Date of abstract submission:
03.07.2024.

Conference:
Contemporary Materials 2024 - Savremeni Materijali

Abstract