As process engineering has matured, research interest has shifted towards polymer product quality. In the past 20 years or so, the shift has progressed even further, as interest in polymer product quality has morphed into polymer product design. Product design is intended to be a targeted pursuit of optimal conditions that will yield polymers with desirable properties for a specific application. This can be achieved by following a systematic design framework that employs sequential, iterative steps informed by prior knowledge and experience. This overview provides some background information regarding the need for design (including some examples from previous experience), especially in terms of structure‐property relationships. When links between kinetics (synthesis conditions), polymer structure, and application properties are well‐understood, it becomes possible to essentially reverse‐engineer the polymeric material; the researcher can start with known application requirements and synthesize polymers with tailor‐made properties using an optimized recipe (according to the polymerization kinetics). A suggested design approach is presented herein, followed by the application of the design approach to two large case studies. The number of applications for polymeric materials is essentially limitless; the current work provides typical examples of a systematic polymeric material design framework (and related case studies).

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聚合物材料设计：经验和处方

随着工艺工程的成熟，研究兴趣已转向聚合物产品质量。在过去的20年左右的时间里，随着对聚合物产品质量的关注逐渐转变为聚合物产品设计，这种转变进一步发展。产品设计旨在有针对性地追求最佳条件，以产生具有特定应用所需性能的聚合物。这可以通过遵循系统的设计框架来实现，该框架采用由先验知识和经验告知的顺序，迭代的步骤。本概述提供了一些有关设计需求的背景信息（包括以前经验的一些示例），尤其是在结构-属性关系方面。当动力学（合成条件），聚合物结构和应用性能之间的联系得到很好的理解时，从根本上对聚合物材料进行反向工程成为可能；研究人员可以从已知的应用需求入手，并使用最佳配方（根据聚合动力学）合成具有定制性能的聚合物。本文介绍了一种建议的设计方法，然后将该设计方法应用于两个大型案例研究。聚合物材料的应用数量基本上是无限的。当前的工作提供了系统的聚合材料设计框架的典型示例（以及相关的案例研究）。本文介绍了一种建议的设计方法，然后将该设计方法应用于两个大型案例研究。聚合物材料的应用数量基本上是无限的。当前的工作提供了系统的聚合材料设计框架的典型示例（以及相关案例研究）。本文介绍了一种建议的设计方法，然后将该设计方法应用于两个大型案例研究。聚合物材料的应用数量基本上是无限的。当前的工作提供了系统的聚合材料设计框架的典型示例（以及相关的案例研究）。