POLYMERS　Vol.67　No.2

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COVER STORY Innovative Materials and Technology for New Era

One of the highest priority issues in chemistry in the 21st century is to contribute to building a secure and reliable society. To this end, the fusion of diverse scientific fields is getting imperative, especially for creating next-generation materials and systems that would allow innovations designed for safety and reliability. Thus this issue consists of featured articles covering intriguing topics in wide-ranging fields that would lead to the construction of a secure society. The topics are divided into three categories: future daily life, human friendliness, and innovative change of manufacturing. We hope that new fascinating studies in various fields will become strong stimuli for your innovations. Editors: YOSHIMOTO, KANAOKA, TERAO, and YAMANAKA

Digest for English Readers

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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ

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Commentary

Innovations Develop Our Future

Ryoichi SHIOBARA

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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews

The Development of Thermal Management Materials, Required Strongly in Furture Life	Yasuyuki AGARI	65
Flame Retardant Technology for Peaceful and Safe Social Life	Hitoshi NISHIZAWA	68

PolyMANGA

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COVER STORY: Topics and Products

F/T Sensors Connecting Human and Information Environment	Toshiaki TSUJI	72
Aim of New Electric Vehicle “rimOnO” and Why It uses Soft Material for Its Body	Shinsuke ITO	74
Measurement of Simultaneous Multi-Gas Diffusion Coefficients using Thermal Desorption System for Estimating Gas-Barrier Performance of Coatings for Building Materials	Ryoma KITAGAKI	76
People-Friendly Life Realized with 3D Printing of Polymers	Hidemitsu FURUKAWA	78
Self-Folding Origami Structures	Tomohiro TACHI	80
Development of Flexible Protector by Controlling Crosslink Density of Epoxy Resin	Masahiro HIGUCHI	82

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account

Chance, Challenge, and Change !

Akifumi KAWAMURA

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Messages: “Work and Life”

Let’s Think About what We can do for Future Children !

Junko KUWAHARA

85

Front-Line Polymer Science

Viscoelasticity of Semiflexible Polymer Solutions: Cellusose, Its Derivatives, and Cellulose Nanofiber

Reina TANAKA, Tadashi INOUE

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From My Bookshelf

Katsuhiro INOMATA / Keishi NAITO

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PolySCHOLA

Koji SEYA

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Reports from Local Divisions

Report from the 2017 Young Polymer Scientists Association (Hokuriku div.)

Masahiro TERAGUCHI

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Messages from SPSJ

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