What are the advanced polymer materials?

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What are the advanced polymer materials? These mainly include: special rubbers, engineering plastics, silicone materials, high-performance fluorine materials, functional membrane materials, and other functional materials. Adhering to the goal of promoting the vigorous development of the new materials industry, the \"Global New Materials Trading Network\" provides information and technical data via online and offline platforms regarding what advanced polymer materials are available, as well as the market development status of various such materials. It also offers a range of services spanning from raw material supply to production, processing, and delivery of finished products. Due to its high technology, high performance, and high added value, the fluorine chemical industry has always been an emerging \"golden industry\" that countries encourage for development. In our country, as the \"handsome and wealthy\" sector within the fluorine chemical industry, the development of fluoropolymers has received extensive policy support. The market research firm Marketsand Markets recently released a report predicting that, as demand continues to grow, the global market value of fluoropolymers will rise from the current $7.2 billion to $9.8 billion in 2018. In the coming years, its compound annual growth rate will reach 5.7%. The industry believes that, driven by both traditional and emerging markets, fluoropolymers have very promising market prospects in the future. China’s fluorine chemical industry should seize these opportunities to accelerate integration and pursue differentiated development. Fluoropolymers possess a range of excellent properties that other polymers do not have, such as superior heat resistance, chemical resistance, weather resistance, solvent resistance, low flammability, high light transmittance, low friction, low refractive index, low surface energy, low moisture absorption, and excellent oxidation resistance. Due to their unique properties, fluoropolymers are used in various fields such as aerospace, the automotive industry, the chemical industry, electronic information, new energy, environmental protection, the power industry, the food industry, and construction. In some extreme environments, fluoropolymers serve as ideal materials. With technological advancements and rising demand, fluorine-based products are being used increasingly in fields such as electronics, energy, environmental protection, information technology, and biomedicine. The demand for products such as fluororesins, fluororubbers, fluorocoatings, and fluorine-containing fine chemicals is growing rapidly. For example, as China’s environmental protection policies become more stringent, polytetrafluoroethylene filtering materials will be used increasingly widely in power plants, waste incineration, and the filtration of coal-fired power plant dust ； The further tightening of industrial emission standards, along with the strong expansion and recovery of the automotive industry, also require the development of new products for higher-performance sealing applications, as well as special fluororubbers suitable for specific requirements ； With the continuous development of the communications industry, there is an increasing demand for perfluoroethylene propylene in communication cables, local area network cables, and wires for smartphones ； With the rapid development of the new energy industry, the demand for its key components is also increasing, and accordingly, the demand for associated polyvinylidene fluoride membranes, tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene copolymer membranes, fluorinated coatings, polyvinylidene fluoride adhesives, and fluorine-containing proton exchange membranes is rising swiftly as well. The latest report published by Marketsand Markets shows that the automotive manufacturing and transportation industries have become the largest end-use sectors for fluoropolymers. In recent years, as design concepts focusing on low emissions, lightweight construction, and high energy efficiency in vehicles have become increasingly popular, the consumption of fluoropolymers in the automotive and transportation sectors has been rising year by year. The continuous growth in the sales of large buses in emerging markets such as China and India has further boosted the market demand for fluoropolymers. In recent years, fluoropolymers have also been widely used in areas such as semiconductor manufacturing, wire and cable insulation, and lithium battery production. The electronics and electrical industry has become the second-largest market for fluoropolymers.