Polymer Quotes

We understand the mechanism, and we have shown that the system is very similar to the drying of a polymer solution. Because of this understanding, the process could be controlled, adapted, and scaled-up to other situations, e.g. continuous coatings. - Matteo Pasquali

We have a core chemical base here and a core plastics and polymers base. We're just trying to expand those. - David Warner

We are happy to have a big player such as Philips in this market. But one thing we want to correct is, they were not the first. We have successfully demonstrated and published on a 13.56-MHz tag based on polymer materials. - Wolfgang Mildner

To make use of artificial genes, we need to make millions of copies of them for experiments using a process called polymerase chain reaction. By putting restriction sites into specific spots along the gene, we can cut it into bite-sized pieces that are easily duplicated millions of times. So the ability to cut and paste genes back together again is critical for designing genes to the right specifications, rapidly replicating them and putting them into vectors to genetically engineer cells. - Jef Boeke

The ultimate goal is to take this technology and apply it to the whole blood supply so that every unit of blood that's given in the United States would be converted to a universal type before transfusion. The polymer coating hides the blood group antigens so that the recipient's immune system can't recognize the foreign blood cells. - Timothy Fisher

The most important step was to realize the effect of film growth rate on device performance. Ordering the polymer chains results in higher absorption [of incident light] without increasing the parasitic series resistance of the device. - Yang Yang

The IGERT program has not only opened my eyes to the many scientific possibilities of the integration of medicinal and polymer chemistries but also provided me with the knowledge of how to develop my ideas into marketable products. - Dave Weldon

Normally, rigid plastics are synthesized by rapid reactions that randomly cross-link polymers. - Adrien Cote