POLYMERS Vol.72 No.2
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COVER STORY
Latest Analysis and Evaluation Techniques for Structures and Functions Using Synchrotron Radiation
In order to design the physical properties and functions of polymeric materials, it is important to accurately analyze and evaluate various structures. With recent advances in analysis and evaluation techniques using synchrotron radiation, it has become possible to understand the hierarchical structure of polymeric materials from the nano to the macro range. Furthermore, the next generation synchrotron radiation, NanoTerasu, will operate in 2023. NanoTerasu uses high-brilliance soft X-rays as a light source, which will make it possible to identify elements and evaluate chemical bonding states. It is expected to be a powerful analytical tool that can visualize the inside of materials and living organisms and evaluate their functions. This issue focuses on analysis and evaluation techniques using synchrotron radiation and introduces the latest research trends.
Editors: OKAMOTO, ASADA, NISHINA, and MIYAMOTO

Digest for English Readers
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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
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Awards for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan 2021

Commentary
The Usefulness of Synchrotron Light is Limited Only by Our Imagination Masaki TAKATA
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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Soft X-Ray Microscopy Hiroyuki YAMANE
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Development of Millisecond Temporal-Resolution 4D X-Ray Tomography Wataru YASHIRO
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Progress in X-Ray Scattering and Reflectivity Utilizing Resonant Tender and Soft X-Rays Katsuhiro YAMAMOTO
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PolyMANGA
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COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Dynamics in the Curing Process of Thermosetting Epoxy Resins by X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Yasushi OKAMOTO, Taiki HOSHINO
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X-Ray Small Beam Analyses of Rubber Takayuki MARUYAMA
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Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
Unpredictable Career as a Researcher Yasuhito SUZUKI
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Messages: “Work and Life”
Moving into the Era of Work-Life Integration Takashi TAKESHITA
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Front-Line Polymer Science
PoLyInfo and Machine Learning Masashi ISHII
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Messages from SPSJ
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