copolymer Definition
co·poly·mer (kō päl′ə mər)
noun
Chem. a compound produced by copolymerization
copolymer Related Forms
co·pol′y·mer′ic (-mer′ik) 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.
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