The Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established in accordance with the Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences of February 14, 1980, No. 249 by reorganizing the Department of Polymer Physics of the UC USSR Academy of Sciences, which was founded as an independent scientific institution on July 1, 1971 by the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers.
Currently, the institute includes 11 laboratories and 1 department.
In 2017, the Institute became a part of the Perm Federal Research Center UB RAS.
The Institute of Technical Chemistry was established in 1985 on the basis of the Department of Chemistry of the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Ural Center, USSR Academy of Sciences. Klyachkin Yury Stepanovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was the founder of the institute and the first director from 1985 to 2000.
Currently, the institute includes 7 laboratories.
In 2017, the Institute became a part of the Perm Federal Research Center UB RAS.
