ABSTRACT
Right from its very beginnings, polymer science (including oligomers) was a field on the border between chemistry and physics-that is, between two classical disciplines. Thus, scientists in this field had to dare to innovate. In the meantime, macromolecular chemistry, too, has become a classical discipline, a mature science with all the advantages and handicaps of maturity. Harvest is plentiful, the results are abundant-but one has to ask, where is the future, where are the adventures?
