Preface: Forum on Applications of Hierarchical Polymeric Materials from Nano to Macro

摘要

This issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces features a Forum focused on the development and application of hierarchical polymeric materials from nano- to macroscale. The Forum is an outgrowth of the workshop entided "Polymer Composites and High Performance Polymers" held in July 2013 in Santa Rosa, California, by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry. The workshop included talks on applications of biocomposites, fibers and interfaces, new resins, nanoporous materials, nanocomposites, and the Materials Genome effort, and brought together researchers from industrial, university, and national laboratories to review recent advances and challenges in this area. The objective of this Forum is to provide the readership with articles that capture the breadth of work discussed in the workshop and highlight some of the most exciting research and applications. Fourteen papers are included in the Forum.