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The 14 pages that link to Polymer chemistry, each with the reason it gives.

• Organic chemistryRelated: Organic reactions create many plastics, fibers, coatings, and elastomers.

• Polyethylene terephthalateNarrower topic: PET emerged from research into making useful materials from long-chain molecules.

• DuPontNarrower topic: This field underlies DuPont’s development of synthetic fibers, plastics, and elastomers.

• Click chemistryNarrower topic: Click reactions link polymer chains and attach functional groups under mild conditions.

• Ziegler–Natta catalystNarrower topic: The catalyst connected organometallic chemistry to controlled macromolecular synthesis.

• Hermann StaudingerNarrower topic: Staudinger’s theory helped establish this field’s molecular foundations.

• Living polymerizationNarrower topic: Living polymerization became a general strategy for controlling synthetic polymer architecture.

• ChemistryBroader topic: It explains how molecular architecture produces plastics, fibers, and elastomers.

• Solid-state chemistryCompared with: Polymer solids are built from macromolecules rather than chiefly from inorganic crystal lattices.

• Giulio NattaNarrower topic: Natta’s work transformed a field then seeking control over synthetic polymer structure.

• Hideki ShirakawaNarrower topic: His work transformed expectations about the electrical properties attainable in polymer materials.

• Alan J. HeegerRelated: Heeger’s work linked polymer structure and chemical modification to electrical behavior.

• Stephanie KwolekNarrower topic: Kwolek’s career centered on designing and investigating synthetic polymers.

• Plastic bagNarrower topic: Developments in polymer chemistry enabled inexpensive, durable bag films.