Skip to main content

Unfortunately we don't fully support your browser. If you have the option to, please upgrade to a newer version or use Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Safari 14 or newer. If you are unable to, and need support, please send us your feedback.

We'd appreciate your feedback.Tell us what you think!

Elsevier
Publish with us

Frontiers in Polymer Science

Participate

Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 19, 2025

Submit abstract(opens in new tab/window)

Awards

Six best poster awards will be offered. Each participant at the Symposium will be given voting ballots upon registration and will be expected to vote for their favorite poster at the end of each of the three poster sessions.

The voting box will be placed at the Elsevier booth. The winners of the 6 Best Poster Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the end of the Symposium.

For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted

If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please contact us with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one.

Please do not email credit card information under any circumstances.

Conference sessions and topics

Parallel Session: Advanced Precision Synthesis

Topics include:

  • Novel synthetic routes for polymerization

  • Molecular recognition and higher order polymer structures

  • Supramolecular and supracolloidal architectures

  • Sequence- and topology-specific polymers

  • New polymer structures by macromolecular engineering

  • Polymerization mechanisms and kinetics

  • Functional modification of polymers

  • Soft and hard nanoparticles

  • Conjugated/conducting polymers

  • Bio-inspired polymer systems

  • Externally controlled polymerizations

Parallel Session: Physics of Dynamic and Non-equilibrium Polymer Structures

Topics include:

  • Characterization and simulation of molecular and materials properties in bulk, solution, and thin films

  • Polymer structure and dynamics under confined environments

  • Molecular dynamics near phase transformations

  • Polymer structural formations in multiple length and time scales

  • Structures and dynamics of self-assembled macromolecular systems

  • Far from equilibrium macromolecular systems/ Dissipative systems

  • Stimuli responsive and dynamic polymers

  • Polymer processing in different dimensions

  • Macromolecular nanotechnology and dynamic force spectroscopy

  • Protein molecular dynamics

  • Molecular machines

Parallel Session: Polymer Technology for Solving Societal Energy and Environmental Challenges

Topics include:

  • Polymers for energy generation and storage

  • Renewable and sustainable polymers

  • Biomedical applications and nanomedicine

  • Polymer for optics

  • Shape-memory and self-healing polymers

  • Polymer blends, films, fibers, and networks

  • Nanocomposites and hybrid nanomaterials

  • Polymer membranes for biomedical and separation techniques

  • Polymer degradation and stabilization

  • Molecularly imprinted polymers

  • Biobased polymer systems

  • Additive manufacturing

  • Antifouling and polymer adhesion

Special Session: Ceremony of the Progress in Polymer Science Awards

Lectures include:

  • Laureate of the Progress in Polymer Science Career Award

  • Laureate of the Progress in Polymer Science Scholar Award