The primary mission of the Center for Polymer Synthesis is to work closely with industry to generate new knowledge and technical capabilities in the area of materials synthesis and to transfer those capabilities to the industrial marketplace. Center research balances applied work, focused on the development of new materials using existing chemistry to meet the specific materials needs of a particular company or industry with more fundamental work focused on the study of new chemical processes for the tailored synthesis of new materials with properties heretofore unattainable. The significant concentration of Center resources allows New York State industry the opportunity to shorten the time required to take polymeric materials and processes from the lab to full scale industrial benefit.
New materials help to spawn new companies and even entirely new industries.