Sheffield Polymer CentreThe Polymer Centre at Sheffield University brings together the widest range of multi-disciplinary polymer science and engineering expertise available in the UK from one organisation. There are 40 academic staff drawn from the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering Materials, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and from the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. In total the Centre brings together more than 160 researchers working on activities ranging from the synthesis and characterisation of new speciality polymers, through studies of how they behave, to applications in advanced technologies. The objective of the Centre is to help build industrial and commercial activity in high technology areas. For further details contact: www.polymercentre.org.uk |

