POLYMERS　Vol.69　No.1

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COVER STORY 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Theory Toward Next 100 Years

It had been common knowledge that “molecules whose molecular weights are more than 5,000 cannot exist” until Staudinger proved the existence of macromolecules or polymers about 100 years ago. Considering the wide utility of polymers as materials, the Staudinger’s achievement should be one of greatest discovery in science. Now that 100 years have passed since the Staudinger’s seminal paper, why not review the 100 years history of polymer to consider the next 100 years through this special issue? Editors: OUCHI and SERIZAWA

New Year’s Message from the SPSJ President

Polymers in the Reiwa Era

Takashi KATO

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Digest for English Readers

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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ

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POLYMER JOURNAL: The Cover / Selected Papers (July - September 2019)

COVER STORY: A Talk

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Theory Toward Next 100 Years

Panelist: Kazunori KATAOKA Jian Ping GONG Mitsuo SAWAMOTO Atsushi TAKAHARA Akira HARADA President of SPSJ: Takashi KATO Coordinator: Takeshi SERIZAWA Writer: Hirokazu TAI

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PolyMANGA

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Cover Story for the Future

Entropy and Polymers for Future	Takashi MIYATA	16
Beyond DNA and RNA	Hiroyuki ASANUMA	17
Functional Polyolefins	Kyoko NOZAKI	18
Future Polymer Science and Molecular Systems Chemistry	Nobuo KIMIZUKA	19
Crisis due to Infinity	Takahiro SATO	20
Learning by Imitating	Yasuhiro ISHIDA	21

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account

Looking Back on My Research Life

Daigo MIYAJIMA

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Messages: “Work and Life”

Recommend Cross-Cultural Exchange

Keiko MATSUDA

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Front-Line Polymer Science

New Chiral Functions Based on the Dynamic Control of Helical Macromolecular Conformations

Michinori SUGINOME

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My Study Abroad Experience

What I thought in Germany

Kazunori SUGIYASU

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Messages from SPSJ

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