copolymer
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊˌpɒlɪmər/
- Specialized
- Dr. Strominger's team created a number of new copolymers that have specific properties for industrial applications.
- copolymer composition
- starch-based copolymer
- olefin copolymer
Examples
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A variety of copolymers and terpolymers containing NBIAH have been synthesized.
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The alternating NB-MA copolymers tend to provide good lithographic performance for this reason.
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You can mix them, make a copolymer, A copolymer mix in all proportions.
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The influence of the copolymer composition on its dissolution rate is shown in Figures 5, 16, and 17.
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This is all my black and white delrin, my acetyl copolymer, oh so pretty.
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Andreas Lendlein, managing director of the company, described it as a multiblock copolymer.
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Cyclic olefin copolymer, which has high temperature stability and good optical properties, is being used more in MEMS applications.
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They've synthesized block copolymers that self-assemble into the smallest dots in the world.
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Carr and his colleagues made a starch-polyacrylonitrile graft copolymer, a precursor of Super Slurper, in about 6 minutes.
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Uni-Star now produces 20,000 pounds of starch-graft copolymers per week and sells them for loosefill.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A very large molecule made of many small repeated parts, like plastics or proteins
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Copolymer starts with co- meaning 'together' and uses poly- meaning 'many', while polymer means 'many parts joined'. So a copolymer is a polymer made by joining two or more different small building blocks called 'monomers', which is why it can combine properties from its different parts.