The Department

The Department of Polymer & Materials Chemistry is part of the Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Lund Institute of Technology/Lund University. The department has an active research in various areas of polymer and macromolecular science, and offers education at undergraduate and graduate levels in the Chemical Engineering Program at Lund Institute of Technology.

Research and Education

The polymer group at Polymer & Materials Chemistry s active in two main research areas – ion-conducting polymers, and free volume- and mobility in polymers. Research is focused on fundamental questions as well as on applied problems, and to a large extent involves co-operation with industry. The department takes part in several co-operative research programs with other universities and with industry.

The polymer group offers several undergraduate and graduate courses in Polymer & Materials technology, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physicsrs, Polymer Materials and Materials Chemistry.

Visions

Our main goals are to give high-class education at the MSc and PhD levels, and to carry out research aiming at identifying and solving fundamental questions regarding preparation, properties and applications of polymers. A further goal is to provide education and research of relevance for the Swedish industry.