Polymer chemistry

Polymer chemistry

A polymer is a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol or the like.

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Polymer chemistry

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

Polymer chemistry or macromolecular chemistry is a multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules.

Bead-spring model

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

A model simulating the hydrodynamic properties of a chain macromolecule consisting of a sequence of beads, each of which offers hydrodynamic resistance to the flow of the surrounding medium and is ...

Bead-rod model

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

Chain transfer

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

A chemical reaction, usually occurring during chain polymerizations, in which the activity of the kinetic-chain carrier is transferred from the growing macromolecule or oligomer molecule to another ...

Configurational repeating unit

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

The smallest set of successive configurational base units that prescribes configurational repetition at one or more sites of stereoisomerism in the main chain of a regular macromolecule (or oligomer ...

Block copolymer

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

A copolymer that is a block polymer. In a block copolymer, adjacent blocks are constitutionally different, i.e., each of these blocks comprises constitutional units derived from different ...

Chain polymerization

Chemistry; Polymer chemistry

A chain reaction in which the growth of a polymer chain proceeds exclusively by reaction(s) between monomer(s) and reactive site(s) on the polymer chain such that the reactive site(s) are regenerated ...