Key Polymer and Your Potting Needs - An Introduction

One of the consequential materials industry of the 20th century is facing its most difficult challenge yet, as society expects plastics to provide the same level of comfort and convenience we are used to without harming the environment when we create and dispose of them. The talk will discuss how the industry is responding to these challenges and how innovation within and across the value chain and change in our behavior as consumers can help accomplish this goal.

Kumar Sanketh currently serves as the R&D Director of Functional Polymers product R&D within Packaging, Specialty Plastics & Hydrocarbons (PSP&H) division at Dow Inc. PSP&H is the largest division in Dow with sales of $28B serving Packaging, Infrastructure, Consumer, Transportation and Wire & Cable, markets. In this role, he manages a global team of 120 researchers working on product / formulation innovation in Polyethylene, POE Elastomers, Adhesives & High-pressure copolymers. His responsibilities include talent development, influencing business strategy and driving a robust innovation pipeline.

Prior to this role, from 2015-2021, he held leadership roles in Technical Service & Development (TS&D) for North America region leading teams serving customers across various market segments. In this role, he had responsibility to help deliver the sales plan for the region and monetize the innovation product portfolio. During his tenure, he helped launch new products for caps & closures, pressure pipe, pharma, and other durable applications. Two of the products were also recognized with “R&D 100 finalist” awards. Prior to that, Kumar was leader in material science group, leading efforts in the identification and development of structure property relationships for applications within packaging markets. From 2007 - 2014, Kumar worked as an individual contributor working in area of encapsulation films for solar modules, development of polyurethane dispersions for coatings market as well as understanding fundamentals of scratch and mar behaviour of coatings.

Kumar joined Dow in 2007 after completing his PhD in Polymer Science and Masters in Polymer Engineering from University of Akron. Kumar has published 15+ publications in peer reviewed journals and his work at Dow has resulted in 12+ granted patents and patent applications. Kumar has also received a graduate leadership certificate from Jones school of business at Rice University in 2018. He currently serves on the board of SPE, South Texas Chapter.

Kumar lives in greater Houston area with his wife, Sushma and 2 daughters Siri & Neha. They also have a dog named Oreo. Outside of Work, Kumar enjoys painting, gardening, and cooking.

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The future is multi-chain, scalable and modular. However, while Cosmos’ IBC set the standard for interoperability, Ethereum’s L2 shift revealed a huge problem of liquidity fragmentation across the many rollups fighting for market share. Polymer aims to bridge the two ecosystems and bring the best of both worlds: Ethereum’s native liquidity and Cosmos’ interoperability, through a modular framework using the OP-stack and IBC.

Topics discussed in this episode:
- Bo’s background and the evolution of Polymer
- Scaling limits of L1s vs. L2s
- The ‘endgame’ for rollup frameworks
- IBC
- Interoperability & network topology: 70’s/80’s vs. blockchains
- Polymer hub
- Monomer framework
- Pre-confirmation & finality trade-offs
- Cross-rollup interoperability
- Building appchains with Monomer
- Modularity

Links mentioned in this episode: 
- Bo Du on Twitter: https://bit.ly/4e8YyEP
- Polymer Labs on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3yS9sQH

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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/563

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#563 Bo Du: Polymer – A New Era for interoperability...on Ethereum!

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As you know, I'm fascinated with Quantum Technology.  I read a study about a breakthrough that enables room-temperature quantum coherence.  I immediately started working on the lyrics.  I wanted to write a cybernetic fusion song, ancestral melodies and ancient humanoid sounds mixed with electronic rave beats and experimental synthetic sounds.  I had the perfect singer in mind to collaborate on the vocal.  The rest was just tracks and the mixdown went smoothly.

(Verse 1: Slow-building ancestral melodies on bone flutes and tribal drums, glitchy synthetic distortions creeping in, accelerating into rave pulses)
From the depths of time, where spirits weave,
A polymer chain awakens, begins to breathe.
Silicon hearts in donor's ancient fire,
Twisting fates where electrons conspire.
Ancestral whispers in the quantum stream,
Dithienosilole dances in the dream.
No cryogenic tombs, no frozen night,
Room-temp qubits ignite the light!

(Chorus: Explosive electronic rave beats drop, mixed with humanoid throat-singing and ethereal ancient echoes. Experimental synths warp and bend, creating a cybernetic frenzy)
Oh, miracle fusion, cybernetic chain!
Ancestral beats in the electronic rain!
Spins align in the rave of the void,
Quantum hearts, forever deployed!
Twist and turn, electrons rave wild,
From ancient calls to synthetic child!
No more cold, the future's unchained,
In this polymer, eternity's gained!

(Verse 2: Experimental synthetic sounds glitch and morph ancestral melodies, rave beats intensify with humanoid growls and ritualistic rhythms)
Hydrocarbon veins, flowing like blood,
Through acceptor units in the digital flood.
EPR signals hum in the night,
G-factor pure, in magnetic flight.
Forty-four micros, the pulse holds strong,
Rabi oscillations, where the ancients belong.
Thin-film warriors, transistors awake,
Cybernetic fusion, for humanity's sake!

(Chorus: Explosive electronic rave beats drop, mixed with humanoid throat-singing and ethereal ancient echoes. Experimental synths warp and bend, creating a cybernetic frenzy)
Oh, miracle fusion, cybernetic chain!
Ancestral beats in the electronic rain!
Spins align in the rave of the void,
Quantum hearts, forever deployed!
Twist and turn, electrons rave wild,
From ancient calls to synthetic child!
No more cold, the future's unchained,
In this polymer, eternity's gained!

(Bridge: Slow down to ancient humanoid sounds-deep chants and primal echoes-gradually fused with rising experimental synth layers, building to a rave climax with distorted beats)
No crystals bound in icy graves,
This chain evolves in quantum waves.
From Georgia's forge to Alabama's call,
A new era rises, embracing all.
Phase memory flickers, but we'll refine,
Cybernetic souls in the grand design.
Ancestors rave in the electronic storm,
The polymer's born, the world's transformed!

(Outro: Fading ancestral melodies blend into infinite synthetic loops, rave beats echoing into silence, leaving a cybernetic hum)
Fusion eternal, quantum and old,
In this miracle, stories unfold.
Cybernetic rave, ancestral might,
The polymer shines in endless light.

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