The market for functional polymer materials has great development potential, but the current industrial structure still needs to be adjusted.

Functional polymer materials, referred to as functional polymers, generally refer to polymers and their composite materials that have the function of transmitting, converting or storing matter, energy and information. Functional polymer materials not only have the performance of traditional polymer materials, but also have functions such as light, electricity, environmental degradation, shape memory, liquid crystal, adsorption and separation, and thermal conductivity brought by special modified groups. In recent years, with the rapid development of high-tech technology, global demand for functional polymer materials has been continuously released, and the industry is developing well.

According to the “2022-2026 China Functional Polymer Materials Project Investment Feasibility Research Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, according to Depending on their functions, functional polymer materials can be divided into optical functional types, electrical functional types, thermal functional types, reactive types, degradable types, adsorption types, etc. There are many types of functional polymer materials with diverse functions. They are widely used in biomedical, chemical production, electronic appliances, aerospace, construction and building materials, national defense and military industry, information and other fields.

Functional polymer materials have huge development potential. In recent years, my country has introduced a number of favorable policies to promote the development of the functional polymer materials industry, such as “Made in China 2025” and “New Materials Industry Development Guide”. The research on functional polymer materials in our country started late, but it has developed rapidly. With the advancement of science and technology and the increase of national support, the research on functional polymer materials in our country is now at the world’s advanced level, and some materials are leading the world in terms of output and quality, such as New elastomers, new fibers, etc.

With the expansion of the application fields of functional polymer materials and the high-quality development of downstream industries, the market has higher requirements for the mechanical properties, biocompatibility, degradability, etc. of functional polymer materials, which has promoted the continuous development of the functional polymer materials industry. Upgrade to new, bio-based, multi-functional, degradable, intelligent and high-performance aspects.

In terms of production companies, with the support of national policies, the number of companies engaged in research and production of functional polymer materials in my country is constantly increasing, including Guangdong Dinglisen New Materials, Chengdu Tuoli Technology Co., Ltd., Henan Yinjinda Group, Beijing Xinyuyang Technology, Xi’an Lanshen New Materials, Jiangsu Ruitai Technology, Shanghai Langyi Functional Materials, etc. my country is a major producer of functional polymer materials, but it is not a strong producer. The industrial structure of functional polymer materials is unbalanced, and high-end products still rely on imports.

Industry analysts said that functional polymer materials combine the properties of traditional polymer materials with the multi-functionality brought by special modified groups. Downstream applications involve many fields such as biomedicine, aerospace, electronics and electrical appliances. With the high-quality development of downstream industries, the functional polymer materials market has huge development potential. my country’s functional polymer materials industry is developing rapidly, but the industrial structure is unbalanced, and the industrial structure still needs to be continuously optimized and adjusted in the future.