What type of synthetic polymers do you work with and what do you hope to do with them?

Question: What type of synthetic polymers do you work with and what do you hope to do with them?
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  synthetic polymer
Asked by 126 GeV to Rose on 15 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by Elise.
- Rose Simnett answered on 15 Jun 2015:
  
  I work with polymers that contain a specific group called pyrrolidone. Pyrrolidone containing polymers are useful because they mix with lots of different solvents like water and hexane which is quite unusual. This makes them suitable for many different applications such as ink in printers, contact lenses, shampoo, medicines like tablets and even glue.

Question: What type of synthetic polymers do you work with and what do you hope to do with them?