Organic chemistry
Since the invention of the first synthetic polymer product, bakelite, synthetic polymer products have frequently been invented.
Interfacial polymerization
Interfacial polymerization is a type of step-growth polymerization in which polymerization occurs at an interface between an aqueous solution containing one monomer and an organic solution containing a second monomer. The process was invented by Chemist (later Laboratory Director) Emerson Wittbecker in 1959, and he used the term “interfacial polycondensation” when studied this method. The most common polymer made by this method is polyamide, where diamine and diacid chloride react to form polyamide and hydrogen chloride.