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] Preparation of Morphology-Controlled Gel Particles from Small Molecules through Vortex Ring Freezing and Photopolymerization
• [ASAP] Side Chain Length Impact of Linear Polyamines on Filtration Properties in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes
• [ASAP] Side Chain Modulation Enables High-Performance Quinoid–Donor–Acceptor Terpolymer Transistors Processed with Nonhalogenated Solvents
• [ASAP] Laser-Assisted Bonding of Flexible Polymer Substrates and Electrodes Using Carbon Nanotubes
• [ASAP] Effects of Two-Dimensional Layered Composite Functional Filler on Intumescent Fire-Retardant Coatings

ACS Macro Letters

• [ASAP] Shear-Induced Conformations of Salt-Free Polyelectrolytes in Semidilute Solutions
• [ASAP] Role of Ionization Energy on Mixed Conduction in Polythiophene-Derived Polyelectrolyte Complexes
• [ASAP] Covalent Adaptable Polyester Networks Based on Citric Acid with Fast Dynamic Behaviors and Closed-Loop Recyclability
• [ASAP] Semicrystalline Poly(azobenzene) with Negative Photochromism for Photochemical Melting of Thick Samples
• [ASAP] Rapid Preparation of Ultrastrong and Repairable Poly(vinyl alcohol) Gel via a Facile One-Step Strategy

ACS Polymers Au

• [ASAP] Nanoscale Structure–Property Relationships of Cyanate Ester as a Function of Extent of Cure
• [ASAP] Water Absorption Capacity and Agricultural Utility of Biopolymer-Based Hydrogels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• [ASAP] Unlocking the Potential of N,N,N′,N′-Tetraphenylbenzidine Based on Conjugated Microporous Polymers for Rhodamine B Adsorption: A Synergistic Experimental and Density Functional Theory Perspective
• [ASAP] Investigation of Crystallization Kinetics in Polyhydroxyalkanoates through Hyperthermal Cycles
• [ASAP] Stimuli-Responsive Oligolysine-PEG Coatings for Reductive-Triggered Decomplexation

Biomacromolecules

• [ASAP] Strategic Design of Biocompatible, Glistening-Free, and Foldable Artificial Intraocular Lenses Based on Hydro-Amphiphilic Ternary Copolymers
• [ASAP] Dielectric Properties of Wood-Derived Cellulose Nanofiber Films in 10–40 GHz Band
• [ASAP] Toward Renewable Water Treatments: Efficient and Sustainable Cationic Cellulose Nanofiber Flocculants Derived from Rice Straw
• [ASAP] In-Depth Investigation of Electrostatic Interaction-Based Hydrogel Shrinking for Volumetric Printing and Tissue Engineering Applications
• [ASAP] Effect of Distribution of Substitution on Marine Biodegradability for Paramylon Acetate and Cellulose Acetate
• [ASAP] Impact of Molecular Crowding on Accessibility of Telomeric Overhangs Forming Multiple G-Quadruplexes

Bioconjugate Chemistry

• [ASAP] Preclinical Evaluation of an Integrin αvβ6-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy
• [ASAP] Simple Diaminonucleoside-Mediated Nonenzymatic Ligation of Oligonucleotides
• [ASAP] Nanomaterial Applications in Prevention and Treatment Strategies of Virus: A Review
• [ASAP] Multilayer Fluorescent Immunoassay for Early and Sensitive Dengue Virus Detection Using Host and Viral Biomarkers
• [ASAP] Lysosome-Targeted Naphthalimide-Based Fluorescence for the Detection of Fe(III) and Monitoring of Iron Metabolism
• [ASAP] Development of a Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Magnetic Nanogel–Hydrogel Nanocomposite for Prolonged and Controlled Doxorubicin Release

Macromolecules

• [ASAP] Improved Electromechanical Performance of Dielectric Elastomers via Constructing an All-Organic Composite Structure
• [ASAP] Cationic Dithiocarbamate for Efficient Blue Light-Controlled Photoiniferter Polymerization
• [ASAP] Synthesis of Compact Single-Chain Nanoparticles in Concentrated Solutions
• [ASAP] Novel Insights into Solution Electrospinning for Nanofibers
• [ASAP] Interfacial Dynamics and Mechanical Properties of Substrate-Supported [c2]Daisy Chain Networks
• [ASAP] An In Situ Method for Deciphering Nanomechanical Behavior in Elastomer Nanocomposites under Large Deformation