polymer
聚合体,聚合物,高分子材料,高聚物
Definitions
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Chemistry.
- : a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, as polyethylene, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol, or the like, as nylon.
- : a compound formed from two or more polymeric compounds.
- : a product of polymerization.
Examples
Antifreeze proteins are natural polymers—enormous long molecules consisting of smaller repeating molecules, like links in a chain.
Chemists are looking at whether you can design a polymer that falls apart on command.
Similarly, carbon-based titanium polymers can be used in combination with synthetic polymers to create ultrathin artificial muscles.
Korley’s research has progressed from simply designing nature-inspired polymers to creating those polymers more sustainably.
They form interconnected puddles of the water-loving polymer and water-hating polymer.
Vasalgel, a reversible, non-hormonal polymer that blocks the vas deferens, is about to enter human trials.
When the Undetectable Firearms Act passed in 1988, gun manufacturers had begun using lightweight polymer in handguns.
In 1989, Surfrider incurred a backlash when they proposed dropping giant polymer sandbags near Ventura to create a new surf break.
This could be Canada's biggest monetary scandal since the discovery that the new polymer $100 bill smells of maple syrup.
But the stuff Vaneski used to patch my suit is a polymer that leaks hydrogen very easily.