The Macrogalleria
- A Cyberwonderland of Polymer fun. Includes on screen polymer reactions. A wonderful learning tool.
- http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm
Elastomer Engineering and Testing - Consults or performs finite element analysis, stress strain, fatigue, crack growth, and tearing energy testing on elastomers or rubber materials and components. - http://www.elastomer-engineering.com/
Biodegradable Plastic Resin - University of Nebraska Institute of Natural Resources offers to supply information on a patented product made from starch. - http://agproducts.unl.edu/biodegradable_polymer.htm
Polymer FEM - Forum for discussing constitutive models for polymers and their implementation in general purpose finite element programs. - http://polymerfem.com/
Self Healing Polymer Research - Provides information about the self healing polymers research group at the University of Illinois. Contains publications in full text (PDFs) and a gallery including photos, animations and videos. - http://www.autonomic.uiuc.edu/
Trends in Plastics - Facts, Trends, News about plastics. Semi-personal website developed by a senior member of two prestigious professional associations (the ACS and SPE), giving interesting perspectives on the business, materials and processes. - http://www.plasticstrends.net
Polymer foam case studies - Three case studies to do with polymer foam compression, packaging design and seating cushion design. - http://www.foamstudies.bham.ac.uk/
Rubber Division - American Chemical Society - Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries. - http://www.rubber.org/
Polymer Chemistry Hypertext - An educational resource compiled by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla. - http://web.umr.edu/~wlf/
Biostable and biocompatible polymers - Abstracts of selected publications and patents dealing with biostable and biocompatible thermoplastic and segmented polyurethanes. - http://www.polymertech.com/
Polymers and People - Article explores research, over 150 years, that has led to polymers use in medicine, like organ transplants. - http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/polymers?OpenDocument
Photopolymer.com - A site for information and ecommerce on radiation-curable and imageable polymers. These polymers are used as photoresists, coatings, inks, adhesives, printing plates etc. - http://www.photopolymer.com/
Polymer and Organic Flexible Displays - This page describes and links background information and recent developments in several key polymer and organic display technologies which are turning mechanically flexible displays into a reality. - http://www.chipcenter.com/eexpert/dbraun/main.html
Surface Modified Silicone Rubber - A wet-chemical method generates a variety of functional groups in the surface of fromed silicone articles. This is the basis for bonding biologically active compounds, ionically and/or covalently. - http://www.bionicsurfaces.de/
Teflon - Links to technical resources and its applications . - http://www.dupont.com/teflon
Plastemart.com - Provides information on plastics and environment, associations and institutions, books and publications, news and a discussion forum. - http://www.plastemart.com/