“Think of a desired application, and/or a desired property, and it is highly likely that a polymer exists or can be designed to perform that task.”

Randy Mrsny, PhD, of Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff University (Cardiff, Wales) discussing the virtues of polymers in a presentation at the American Chemical Society (Washington) meeting in Boston “Polymers and medical devices are focal point for chemists,” pp. 1, 7, 9.