Development of JST Polymer Database "PoLyInfo" - Functions and Operations -

Abstract

The polymer database system named "PoLyInfo" has been developed on the basis of a new data model which was constructed by adopting object-oriented analysis to polymer information. In the database, various kinds of data, such as properties, structures, polymerization methods, and monomers, are included and properly associated with each other. Search conditions can be specified from both polymer and monomer. In polymer search, there are two kinds of search options, "Basic search" and "Advanced search". In "Basic search" users can search from popular search items such as polymer name and properties. "Advanced search" is for skilled users and they can specify more detailed conditions. Furthermore, it is also possible to search data with chemical structure of polymer. Users can search the database by selecting atomic groups listed on the template or by drawing a query structure. The function called "Easy browse" is also prepared, where user can get more detailed information by clicking data listing in tables or raphs without setting any search conditions. Data will be continued to update and property prediction module is going to be added to the database. (URL http://triton.tokyo.jst.go.jp /index-e.html)