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copolymer Definition

co·poly·mer (kō pälə mər)

noun

Chem. a compound produced by copolymerization

copolymer Related Forms

co·pol′y·meric (-merik) adjective

copolymer Usage Examples

Preposition: of

ethylene: These are copolymers of ethylene, styrene and potentially other monomers as well made possible by Dow's Insite technology.

Converse of object

  • use: Dan Cooney spoke on Using block copolymers to produce nanoporous media.
  • produce: The new plant will produce acetal copolymer which both partners will also sell outside China.
  • block: The systems that I examine vary from simple melts of diblock copolymer to block copolymers with elaborate architectures.
  • alternate: Nylon is an example of a common ' alternating copolymer ' with two different monomers alternating along the chain.

Adjective modifier

  • acrylic: Basic dye Cationic dyes attracted to the anionic groups on, for example, acrylic copolymers.
  • random: The company's existing 140,000 tons plant uses Unipol technology and makes homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers.
  • new: The project will examine the synthesis and application of new conjugated block copolymers as light harvesting and charge transporting layers in organic solar cells.
  • heterophasic: A modular design enables the production of heterophasic copolymers with varying degrees of tailoring.
  • amphiphilic: Complex phase behavior of amphiphilic copolymers, and methods for probing structure in partially ordered phases.

Modifies a noun

  • resin: The floor falls would then be built up by using a copolymer resin screed, topped with a polyurethane floor topping.
  • polypropylene: They produce a range of black copolymer polypropylene products.
  • film: The researchers made their copolymer films so that nanoscopic droplets of silicone " float " in a matrix of polystyrene.
  • synthesis: His current research interests include organometallic block copolymer synthesis, self-assembly and cross-linking.

Noun used with modifier

  • diblock: The systems that I examine vary from simple melts of diblock copolymer to block copolymers with elaborate architectures.
  • ethylene: The manufacturing facilities at the site will be modified to suit DuPont's specialty ethylene copolymers.
  • block: However, there has been less work on phase transitions from oriented melt phases to crystal phases in block copolymers.
  • acetal: The new plant will produce acetal copolymer which both partners will also sell outside China.
  • triblock: The B n E m B n triblock copolymers show on hexagonal phase at high values of f E.
  • vinyl: Regenerated cellulose was the original industry standard but Professor Courtney started his research career by developing synthetic membranes based on vinyl copolymers.