Imagine a plastic computer chip that works by processing light, or a plastic window that keeps heat in buildings. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Stingelin" class="extiw" title="w:Natalie Stingelin">Natalie Stingelin</a>, Professor of Functional Organic Materials at Imperial College London, explains how plastics are becoming ultra-smart materials with new properties that have potential applications from architecture to medicine to agriculture.
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