polymer chain

collocation in English

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polymer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ɪ.mər/us
/ˈpɑː.lɪ.mɚ/
a chemical substance consisting of large molecules made from many smaller and ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition ofpolymerandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unless the macromolecule is cyclic, it will have monovalent structural units at each end of thepolymerchain.
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This justifies to some extent the modeling of folding through coarse-grainedpolymerchainmodels.
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For forces acting over longer timescales, however, relaxation processes occur as a result of the opening ofpolymerchaincontacts, which leads to viscous flow.
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Direct measurements ofpolymerchainmotion in the collapsed molten global states of proteins are still sparse.
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Reptation of apolymerchainin the presence of fixed obstacles.
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The carbon radical startspolymerchainformation with monomer for instance an alkene as in any ordinary radical polymerization.
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When a stress is applied to a viscoelastic material such as a polymer, parts of the longpolymerchainchange positions.
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Chain transfer may take place with an already existingpolymerchain, especially under conditions in which much polymer is present.
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In this case, the functional groups are protected since the ends of the anionicpolymerchainis a strong base.
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This behaviour is exhibited due to the presence of certain functional groups in thepolymerchain.
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Then, the number of defects in thepolymerchainincreases considerably.
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These ligands combine within the coordination sphere of the metal to form apolymerchainthat is elongated by two carbons.
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The interfacial free energy is always a positive term and acts to destabilize the nucleus allowing the continuation of the growingpolymerchain.
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B reflects the energy of binary interactions between solvent molecules and segments ofpolymerchain.
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Thepolymerchainwill behave exactly as predicted by the random walk or ideal chain model.
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An entropically governedpolymerchain(i.e. in so called theta conditions) follows a random walk in three dimensions.
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As the name implies, the atom transfer step is the key step in the reaction responsible for uniformpolymerchaingrowth.
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In particular, it is the volume of solution spanned by thepolymerchain.
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Acetimide group is deacetylated thepolymerchainis then called chitosan.
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