Welcome to PMSE

The Polymer Science, Materials, and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the American Chemical Society brings together a worldwide community of scientists and engineers interested in polymeric materials that make millions of products around the world function everyday.

ACS Spring 2025 Meeting & Expo (link)
August 17-21, 2025

News and Updates

If you have content or updates you would like to share with the PMSE community, please contact Bindu Krishnan and Samanvaya Srivastava at pmsecorner@pmsedivision.org with news to share.

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  Meet PMSE’s Spring 2025 Best Poster Winners
  A distinguished group of Judges from industry, academia, and government laboratories had the task of determining the winners of the PMSE Best Poster Competitions at the Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego. Congratulations to our winners, who were also recognized at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception. Graduate Student Best Poster Award Winners JASON M. KRONENFELDStanford UniversityScalable microparticle fabrication via r2rCLIP: Enabling a… Read More »Meet PMSE’s Spring 2025 Best Poster Winners
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  2025 Future Faculty Honorees Announced
  The 2025 Future Faculty Honorees have been annouced. A symposium highlighting the honorees will be held at the ACS Fall Meeting in Washington DC on August 18-21, 2025. A list of honorees and university affiliations are listed below. PMSE congratulates all winners and looks forward to seeing their presentations in August.
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  2025 Early Investigators Honorees Announced
  The 2025 PMSE Early Investigators Award Committee selected twenty four members, consisting of professors, government researchers, and industry scientists across the field of polymer science. A symposium highlighting their work will be held at the 2025 Fall ACS National Meeting. The full list from all years can be found at the Early Investigator Symposium page.
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  2025 Awardees for the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award
  The purpose of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award is to disseminate globally the latest knowledge of polymer research and to recognize at the ACS National Meeting not just two winning students, one from the USA and one from anywhere in the world, but also their mentors. Sponsored by Chemical Marketing & Economics, Inc. (CME), the awards,… Read More »2025 Awardees for the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award
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  Chair Message from Cristina Thomas
  Dear Fellow Members of the PMSE Division, It is an honor and privilege to serve as the 2025 PMSE Division Chair, working alongside five other dedicated PMSE officers to fulfill PMSE’s mission: fostering a global community of scientists and engineers advancing polymeric materials through science and engineering. This year marks the beginning of the next century for PMSE, building on… Read More »Chair Message from Cristina Thomas
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  2025 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Grace Gu
  Since its inception in 2012, the Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award recognizes polymer scientists under the age of 40 and celebrates their significant research innovations and achievements in the field. Winners are recognized at a symposium in association with PMSE at the ACS Fall meeting. The editors of the Journal of Polymer Science and the Polymeric Materials: Science and… Read More »2025 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Grace Gu
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  PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award for the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting Annouced
  The PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award is given to provide partial travel support to women and/or under-represented (African American, Hispanic, or Native American) graduate students to attend and present their research at ACS national meetings in the Division of Polymeric Materials:  Science & Engineering.  PMSE is proud to announce the winners of this award for the Spring 2025 ACS Meeting… Read More »PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award for the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting Annouced
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  2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering to Elizabeth Murphy
  Elizabeth Murphy, 2025 Henkel Award WinnerUniversity of California, Santa Barbara The Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering is given to recognize a graduate student or recent graduate who has completed an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in polymeric research. PMSE is proud to introduce this year’s winner, Elizabeth Murphy. Elizabeth Murphy will receive her Ph.D. in Chemistry… Read More »2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering to Elizabeth Murphy

Who We Are

The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division helps connect scientists seeking to leverage the unique design, functionality, engineering, and properties of macromolecules in challenging applications.

The Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, a division of the American Chemical Society, was founded in 1924 as an association of scientists with an interest in understanding how to improve and understand paints and other polymeric coatings. The complex interactions and optimization between the polymeric material, solvents, substrates, and end use required a collaborative effort to understand fundamental property interactions. PMSE build and maintain relationships, arrange polymeric programs at professional meetings, and promotes the teaching of macromolecular chemistry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Advancing Polymer Research

Focused on scientific discovery and research across macromolecular disciplines and their interaction with other scientific and engineering fields

Developing New Members

Developmental symposium and awards help promote new researchers and expose new ideas to the broader community

Connecting Our Community

Join PMSE and become a member of a supportive professional network of active and diverse members

What’s New in ACS Journals

ACS Applied Polymer Materials

• [ASAP] Flavylium-Containing Polymeric Probe as Encryption Ink for Reversible Sensing of Bisulfite Ions and Formaldehyde
• [ASAP] Anhydrous Proton-Conducting Membranes Based on Protic Polymerized Ionic Liquids for Intermediate-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
• [ASAP] Ultralight, Unidirectional Moisture Drainage, Skin-Like Nanofiber Aerogel for Personal Moisture and Health Management
• [ASAP] Transparent Polyurethane Fiber-Based Photoluminescent Smart Textiles with Ultrahigh Stretchability and Durability
• [ASAP] Swellable Polyimide Gel Electrolyte Membranes for Lithium-Ion Batteries with High Safety and Electrochemical Stability

ACS Macro Letters

• [ASAP] Biobased Cyclic Polycarbonate: Synthesis and Applications via Dynamic Bis(hindered amino)disulfide Linkers
• [ASAP] Cholesteric Contact Lenses for Diabetics-Related Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring and Eye Healthcare
• [ASAP] Mass-Produced Chemically Recyclable Aromatic Polymers with Exceptional Strength and Stability
• [ASAP] Poly(siloxane)-Derived Ionosilicone Elastomers Reveal the Role of Interfacial Polymer Dynamics in Ionic Double-Layer Rectification
• [ASAP] Revealing Mechanochemical Force Distributions with Polymechanophore Block Copolymers

ACS Polymers Au

• [ASAP] Influence of Mucoadhesive Polymers on Physicochemical Features and Biocompatibility of Collagen Wafers
• [ASAP] Competing Effects of Plasticization and Miscibility on the Structure and Dynamics of Natural Rubber: A Comparative Study on Bio and Commercial Plasticizers
• [ASAP] End-Functionalized Biobased Aliphatic Polyesters Exhibiting Unique Emission/Thermal Properties
• [ASAP] How to Characterize Covalent Adaptable Networks: A User Guide
• [ASAP] Carbon Nanoparticle Effects on PAN Crystallization for Higher-Performance Composite Fibers

Biomacromolecules

• [ASAP] Effect of Salt on Synthetic Cationic Antimicrobial Polymer–Cell Interactions
• [ASAP] Polydopamine-Modified Composite Bone Cement for Cancellous Bone Repair: Synergism of Bioactivity, Antibacterial Properties, and Biodegradability
• [ASAP] Compositional Control of Stereocomplexed Hydrogel Microparticle Network Formation and Physical Properties
• [ASAP] Intracellular Nanodelivery of DNA with Enzyme-Degradable and pH-Responsive Peptide Dendrons
• [ASAP] Enhanced Near-Infrared Light-Mediated Hydrogel Curing Using Photoinitiator Integrated Upconversion Particles as Nano Initiator for 3D Bioprinting
• [ASAP] Effect of Poly(l-serine) Additives with Different Primary Structures on the Mechanical Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films

Bioconjugate Chemistry

• [ASAP] Conceptualization and Preliminary Characterization of Poloxamer-Based Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
• [ASAP] Development of a Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Magnetic Nanogel–Hydrogel Nanocomposite for Prolonged and Controlled Doxorubicin Release
• [ASAP] Employing the SpyTag-SpyCatcher Reaction for the Modification of Supramolecular Polymers with Functional Proteins
• [ASAP] Transferrin Receptor-Targeted Aptamer–Drug Conjugate Overcomes Blood–Brain Barrier for Potent Glioblastoma Therapy
• [ASAP] Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Long-Acting Human Complement C3 Inhibitor Synthesized via the PASylation–Lipidation Modular (PLM) Platform
• [ASAP] Positron Emission Tomography and Optical Imaging to Monitor Bioorthogonal Diels–Alder Click Chemistry of Trastuzumab with a Porphyrin

Macromolecules

• [ASAP] Osmotic Pressure-Based Quantification of Network Inhomogeneity in Gels via Free Radical Polymerization
• [ASAP] Can Dynamic Helical Polymers be Reduced to Linear Chains of Spins? Non-Local Effects from Polymer Self-Avoidance
• [ASAP] Novel All-Polymer Nanocomposites Enable Manipulation of Mechanical Properties via Self-Assembly
• [ASAP] Sustainable Synthesis of Polycarbonates and Polythiocarbonates from Biomass-Based Eugenol-Furoic Acid-Derived Monomer and CO2 and COS: Computational Insights
• [ASAP] Hydrogen Bonding Enhanced Polysaccharide-Based Gels with Ultrahigh Stretchability and Unprecedented Crack Propagation Strain
• [ASAP] One-Step Precise Synthesis of Sequence-Defined ABCB-Type Se-Containing Polymers with Tunable Properties