Welcome to the Polymers and Complex Fluids Research Group
The University of Leeds is recognised as an outstanding centre of excellence in the globally active research field of polymers and complex fluids. The Polymer Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) is at the cutting-edge of research in a field that has gathered huge momentum in the last fifteen years.
An understanding of the molecular behaviour of polymers and complex fluids enables us to improve existing products and create materials with custom designed properties. This is one part of the new field of 'soft nanotechnology' where materials are modified on the nano scale (billionth of a meter) in order to produce tangible real world benefits. Future strategies in this field include increasing links with biology - the world of the most fascinating polymeric and complex fluids of all!