of the molecule. In polymer science, the polymer chain or simply backbone of a polymer is the main chain of a polymer. Polymers are often classified...

branching is the regular or irregular attachment of side chains to a polymer's backbone chain. It occurs by the replacement of a substituent (e.g. a hydrogen...

in vinyl polymers of the type -H 2C-CH(R)-, where each repeating unit contains a substituent R attached to one side of the polymer backbone. The arrangement...

is a polymer composed of repeat units of both electrically neutral repeating units and ionized units covalently bonded to the polymer backbone as pendant...

temperature on this. Polymer devolatilization is similarly effected. At high temperatures, the components of the long chain backbone of the polymer can break (chain...

330 million tons of these polymers are made every year (2015). Most commonly, the continuously linked backbone of a polymer used for the preparation of...

In polymer chemistry, an inorganic polymer is a polymer with a skeletal structure that does not include carbon atoms in the backbone. Polymers containing...

termed a ‘’brush macromolecule’’. In polymer chemistry, graft polymers are segmented copolymers with a linear backbone of one composite and randomly distributed...

radicals along the polymer backbone from an abstraction of a halogen, from either the backbone or a functional group along the backbone. Monomers are reacted...

Electrostrictive graft polymers consist of flexible backbone chains with branching side chains. The side chains on neighboring backbone polymers cross link and...

Cardo polymers are a sub group of polymers where ring structures are pendent to the polymer backbone. The backbone carbons bonded to the pendent ring structures...

over conductive polymer batteries. The polymer backbone and cross-linking techniques can be tuned to minimize the solubility of the polymer in the electrolyte...

incorporated into two new bonds as the monomer becomes part of the polymer backbone. The 220 °C (428 °F) melting point of nylon 6 is lower than the 265 °C...

large numbers between 200 and 2500. When the repeating units in the polymer backbone are six-carbon monosaccharides, as is often the case, the general formula...

In polymer chemistry, vinyl polymers are a group of polymers derived from substituted vinyl (H2C=CHR) monomers. Their backbone is an extended alkane chain...

side chains onto the polymer backbone may determine the colour of emitted light or the stability and solubility of the polymer for performance and ease of...

and redox active polymers. They consist of a conducting polymer backbone with redox active pendant groups. The conducting backbone is usually polythiophene...

by the same mechanism, twisting of the polymer backbone and disrupting conjugation, making conjugated polymers attractive as sensors that can provide...

are a class of biodegradable polymers characterized by anhydride bonds that connect repeat units of the polymer backbone chain. Their main application...

Ferroelectric polymers are a group of crystalline polar polymers that are also ferroelectric, meaning that they maintain a permanent electric polarization...

saturated polymers. Furthermore, placing different functional groups as substituents on the polymer backbone leads to a twisted conformation of the polymer chain...

PEG (polyethylene glycol) incorporated into, or pendant from, the polymer backbone. Two component polyurethane dispersions are also available. There has...

grammatical units within sentences Branching (polymer chemistry), the attachment of side chains to a polymer's backbone chain Branching (revision control), a...

The longer chain serves to transfer load more effectively to the polymer backbone by strengthening intermolecular interactions. This results in a very...

idea that, in the absence of specific, stabilizing interactions, a polymer backbone will "sample" all possible conformations randomly. Many unbranched...

sequence-controlled polymerization of oligopeptides. The most important character of sequence-controlled polymers is its controllable sequence of polymer backbone. Nonetheless...

easily break down.[citation needed] Polymers, specifically biodegradable polymers, have extremely strong carbon backbones that are difficult to break, such...

is influenced by the degree of backbone unsaturation in the prepolymer; Epoxy functional resins can be homo-polymerized with anionic or cationic catalysts...

The substitution of aliphatic diacids by aromatic diacids in the polymer backbone increases the melting point, glass transition temperature, chemical...

cross-coupling of building blocks with different geometries to create a 3-D polymer backbone is necessary, while self-condensation reactions occur in the homo-coupling...