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2-photon lithography
3D lithography
(z + 1)-average molar mass
ab initio emulsion polymerisation
acrylic polymer
activated monomer
activated-monomer polymerization
actuator
acyclic diene metathesis polymerisation
ad-micelle
addition-fragmentation chain transfer
adhesion
adhesion promoter
adjacent re-entry model
aerial image
aerobic biodegradation
aerogel
aerosol
aerosol hydrolysis
affine chain behaviour
agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
aggregation
aging
alcogel
alpha relaxation
alpha relaxation peak
alternating copolymer
alternating copolymerization
amino polymer
aminoxyl-mediated radical polymerization
amorphous domain
amorphous polymer
amorphous state
amphiphile
ampholytic polymer
anaerobic biodegradation
anion-activated-monomer polymerization
anionic group-transfer polymerization
anionic polymer
anionic polymerization
anionic ring-opening polymerization
annealing
anti-reflective coating
anticlined stems
antidirectional packing
antisoliton
apparent molar mass
apparent monomer
apparent rate constant of polymerisation
aquagel
Archibald's method
artificial
artificial latex
artificial organ
artificial polymer
aspect ratio
asymmetric enantiomer-differentiating polymerization
asymmetric membrane
asymmetric polymerization
atactic macromolecule
atactic polymer
atom-transfer radical polymerization
atomic force microscopy
auto-acceleration
average degree of polymerization
average number of radicals per particle
Avrami equation
axial advancement per constitutional repeating unit
axialite
azeotropic copolymerisation
backbiting
backflush
barotropic mesophase
base quencher
basting solvent
batch emulsion polymerisation
bead-rod model
bead-spring model
Bernoullian distribution
beta relaxation
beta relaxation peak
bimodal network
binary copolymerisation
binodal
bioactive
bioactivity
bioadhesion
bioalteration
bioassimilation
biobased
biodegradability
biodegradable
biodegradable polymer
biodisintegration
bioerosion
biofilm
biofragmentation
biomaterial
biomedical
biomineralization
bioplastic
bioprosthesis
biorelated
bioresorbability
bioresorbable
bioresorption
biostability
biotic
blob
block
block copolymer
block copolymer lithography
block homopolymer
block macromolecule
block polymer
boloamphiphile
bone cement
bottom anti-reflective coating
bottom-up lithography
bowtie entanglement
branch
branch constitutional repeating unit
branch point
branch unit
branched chain
branched polymer
branching index
breaking of an emulsion
brush polymer
bulk degradation
bulk polymerisation
bundle crystal
cis
conformation
calamitic
calcination
carbo-reduction
carbonothioyl-mediated radical polymerization
carceplex
carcerand
carcinogenicity
cardo polymer
catalyst precursor
catalyst-transfer cross-coupling polymerization
catalyst-transfer polymerization
catalytic chain termination
catalytic chain transfer
catenane polymer
cation-activated-monomer polymerization
cationic polymer
cationic polymerization
cationic ring-opening polymerization
ceiling temperature
cellulation
ceramer
ceramic
ceramic precursor
ceramic yield
ceramic-reinforced polymer
ceramization
chain
chain activation
chain activation
chain axis
chain conformation
chain conformational repeating unit
chain copolymerisation
chain deactivation
chain depropagation
chain entanglement
chain folding
chain polymerization
chain propagation
chain reactivation
chain scission
chain segment
chain stiffness
chain termination
chain-end reactivity ratio
chain-extended crystal
chain-orientational disorder
chain-shuttling polymerization
chain-transfer agent
chain-transfer constant
chain-walking polymerization
characteristic ratio
characteristic temperatures
charge carrier
charge carrier concentration
charge carrier diffusion
charge carrier generation
charge carrier injection
charge carrier mobility
charge carrier recombination
charge transfer
charge-transfer exciton
chelating polymer
chemical amplification
chemical functionality
chemical modification
chemically amplified resist
chemically bonded hybrid
cistactic polymer
class of helix
clay hybrid
clearance dose
clearing point
cloud point
cloud-point curve
cloud-point temperature
co-assembly
co-nonsolvency
co-oligomer
co-oligomerization
co-solvency
coagulative nucleation
cobalt-mediated radical polymerization
coil-to-globule transition
cold crystallisation
colloid stabiliser
colloidal crystal
colloidal gel
colloidal network
colloidal processing
colloidally stable system
columnar phase
comb macromolecule
comb polymer
combination
comonomer
compartmentalisation behaviour
compatible polymer blend
composite
composite membrane
compositional heterogeneity
compost
composting
concentrated solution
condensation polymerization
conditioning film
conducting polymer
conducting polymer composite
conductor
configurational base unit
configurational disorder
configurational homosequence
configurational repeating unit
configurational sequence
configurational unit
confined-spaces crystallisation
conformational disorder
conformational enthalpy
conformational entropy
conformational melting
conformational transition
conjugate
conjugated polymer
connectivity
constant oscillation-amplitude method
constitutional heterogeneity
constitutional homosequence
constitutional repeating unit
constitutional sequence
constitutional unit
contact hole
continuous emulsion polymerisation
continuous phase
continuous-phase concentration
contour length
contrast
contrast curve
controlled anionic polymerization
controlled cationic polymerization
controlled delivery
controlled ionic polymerization
controlled polymerization
controlled radical polymerization
coordination polymerization
coordination ring-opening polymerization
coordination-addition polymerization
coordination-insertion polymerization
coordinative chain-transfer polymerization
copolymer
copolymer isomorphism
copolymer micelle
copolymerisation composition equation
copolymerization
core unit
core-crosslinked micelle
core-shell particle
core-shell structure
coulomb radius
coumarone-indene polymer
counter-current flow
coupling reaction
crazing
creep
critical coagulation concentration
critical dimension
critical ion-concentration in an ionomer
critical oligomer degree of polymerisation for irreversible entry
critical oligomer degree of polymerisation for precipitation
cross-over concentration
cross-propagation
cross-termination
crosslink
crosslink density
crosslinking
crosslinking site
crystal lattice defect
crystal polymorph
crystalline polymer
crystalline polymer-inclusion complex
crystalline state
crystalline-polymer molecular complex
crystallinity
crystallisable polymer
cubic
cubic mesophase
cumulative mass-distribution function
cumulative number-distribution function
curing
cyclic macromolecule
cyclopolymerization
χ-parameter
damping curve
dark electric conductivity
dark loss
deactivator
dead polymer chain
dead-end polymerisation
defect
defect-free pattern
degenerate-transfer radical polymerisation
degenerative chain transfer
degenerative chain-transfer radical polymerization
degenerative-transfer polymerization
degradability
degradable
degradable macromolecule
degradable polymer
degradation
degradation
degradative chain transfer
degree of bioassimilation
degree of biodegradation
degree of biodisintegration
degree of biofragmentation
degree of biomineralization
degree of branching
degree of crystallinity
degree of degradation
degree of disintegration
degree of fragmentation
degree of mineralization
degree of polymerization
degree of supercooling
degree-of-polymerisation dispersity
degrees of cistacticity and transtacticity
degrees of triad isotacticity, syndiotacticity, and heterotacticity
delocalization of electrons
dendrimer molecule
dendrite
dendritic block macromolecule
dendritic constitutional repeating unit
dendritic graft macromolecule
dendritic macromolecule
dendritic polymer
dendron
dendron direction
densification
depolarization of scattered light
depolymerase
depolymerization
deprotection
depth of focus
deterioration
developed image
development
devitrification
diastereoisomeric units
dielectric material
differential scanning calorimeter
differential thermal analyser
diffusion-controlled termination
diisotactic polymer
dilatometer
dilatometry
dilute solution
dip-pen nanolithography
direct-write lithography
directed self-assembly
directional chain
directional stem
director
discotic
discotic mesogen
disintegration
dislocation
dispersed phase
dispersed-phase concentration
dispersion medium
dispersion polyaddition
dispersion polycondensation
dispersion polymerisation
dispersity
dispersive transport
disruptor
dissolution inhibitor
dissolution promoter
dissolution rate
dissymmetry of scattering
distribution function
disyndiotactic polymer
ditactic polymer
ditopic receptor
doctor blading
dominant lamellae
Donnan exclusion
dopant
doping
doping (p- and n-type)
dormant polymer chain
dormant species
double exposure
double injection
double patterning
double-strand chain
double-strand copolymer
double-strand macromolecule
double-strand polymer
downstream
drift current
drift velocity
drug carrier
dry deposition
dry development
dry etching
dry-etch resistance
drying control chemical additive
dual-tone resist
durability
dynamer
dynamic light scattering
dynamic mechanical analyser
dynamic membrane formation
dynamic structure factor
dynamic viscometer
dynamic-load thermomechanical analysis
erythro
structures
ecotoxicity
edge acuity
effective bond length
elastically active network chain
elastomer
electret
electric conductor
electric drift
electrically conducting polymer
electrically conducting polymer composite
electro-dialysis
electro-optic effect
electro-osmosis
electrochromic polymer
electroclinic polymer
electrofluorescence
electroinjection
electroluminescent polymer
electromagnetic field
electromagnetic field responsive polymer
electron beam curing
electron beam lithography
electron beam resist
electron tunneling
electron-beam direct-write lithography
electron-deficient molecule
electron-rich molecule
electron-transfer ring-opening metathesis polymerization
electrophilic chain polymerization
electrophosphorescence
electrorheological effect
electrostatic stabilisation
electrosteric stabilisation
elution time
elution volume
embossing
emulsifier-free emulsion polymerisation
emulsion polymerisation
enantiomeric units
enantiotropic mesophase
encapsulating emulsion polymerisation
end-capping
end-group
end-to-end distance
end-to-end vector
energy band
energy band theory
energy gap
entanglement
entanglement network
enthalpy of polymerisation
enthalpy relaxation
entropy of polymerisation
environmental stress cracking
environmentally degradable polymer
environmentally friendly
enzymatic degradation
epitaxial crystallization
epitaxy
epoxy polymer
equilibrium melting temperature
equilibrium sedimentation
equilibrium sedimentation in a density gradient
equilibrium sedimentation method
equivalence postulate
equivalent chain
equivalent freely jointed chain
equivalent hydrodynamic radius
equivalent hydrodynamic volume
equivalent particle diameter
erosion
etch
etch rate
excess Rayleigh ratio
excess scattering
exciton annihilation
exciton diffusion
exciton dissociation
exciton mean free path
exciton–phonon coupling
excluded volume of a macromolecule
excluded volume of a segment
exfoliation
expansion factor
exposure latitude
extended-chain crystal
extender
extent of electron delocalization
external field
external quantum yield
extraction fractionation
extreme ultraviolet lithography
extrinsic semiconductor
f
-functional branch point
fast coagulation rate
fast coagulation rate coefficient
ferroelectric polymer
ferromagnetic polymer
fibrillar morphology
fibrous crystal in polymers
field-effect transistor
fill factor
flocculation rate coefficient
floor temperature
Flory–Fox assumption
Flory–Fox equation
Flory–Huggins theory
fluorophilic
fluorophilic interaction
fluorophobic
fluorophobic interaction
fluoropolymers
fluorous
focal unit
focused ion beam
fold
fold domain
fold period
fold plane
fold surface
foldamer
folded-chain crystal
forced sinusoidal oscillation
foreign body reaction
fouling
fractal agglomerate
fractal dimension
fractionation
fragile glass
fragility index
free charge-carrier photogeneration
free ion
free oscillation
free volume
free-draining
freely draining
freely jointed chain
freely rotating chain
frictional coefficient
fringed-micelle model
frustration
functional polymer
functionality
furan polymer
g
-factor
g
′-factor
gamma relaxation
gamma relaxation peak
gel
gel aging
gel fraction
gel microparticle
gel nanoparticle
gel point
gel time
gelation
gelation temperature
generation
genetic engineering
geometrical equivalence
glass
glassy state
globular-chain crystal
globule
globule-to-coil transition
graft copolymer
graft copolymerization
graft homopolymer
graft macromolecule
graft polymer
grafting
green body
green polymer
group-transfer polymerization
Guinier plot
hybrid material
halato-telechelic polymer
hard bake
hard-segment phase domain
head-tail isomerism
heat of polymerisation
hedrite
helical polymer
helix
helix pitch
helix residue
helix sense
hemi-micelle
hemicarceplex
hemicarcerand
hemodialysis
heterochain polymer
heterocoagulation
heteroepitaxy
heterogeneous catalysis coordination polymerization
heterogeneous degradation
heterojunction
heterotactic macromolecule
hexagonal mesophase
hipping
Hoffman–Weeks plot
hole
hole-transporting material
homochain polymer
homocoagulation
homoepitaxy
homogeneous catalysis coordination polymerization
homogeneous degradation
homogeneous micellisation nucleation
homogeneous particle
homogeneous polymer blend
homojunction
homologous polymer blend
homopolymer
homopolymer isomorphism
homopolymerization
homopropagation
honeycomb polymer film
hopping transport
host response
hot electron
Huggins coefficient
Huggins equation
hybrid artificial organ
hybrid latex
hybrid polymer
hydrodynamic interaction
hydrodynamic volume
hydrodynamically equivalent sphere
hydrogel
hydrolysis ratio
hydrophilic interaction
hydrophobic
hyperbranched macromolecule
hyperbranched oligomer
hyperbranched oligomer molecule
hyperbranched polymer
in situ
composite formation
ideal binary copolymerisation
ideal copolymerisation
ideal crystalline chain conformation
identity period
image
image blur
immersion fluid
immersion lithography
immiscibility
immiscible polymer blend
immunogenicity
impact ionization
impact-modified polymer
impermeable
implant
impregnation
imprint lithography
inactive chain
inherent viscosity
inifer
iniferter
iniferter process
inisurf
initialisation
initialization
initialization efficiency
initializer
initiating species
initiator efficiency
inner-sphere electron transfer atom-transfer radical polymerization
inorganic polymer
inorganic–organic polymer
insertion polymerization
intercalation
intercalation reaction
interchange reaction
interfacial adhesion
interfacial polycondensation
interference lithography
intermolecular chain transfer
internal quantum yield
interpenetrating polymer network
interval 1 in emulsion polymerisation
interval 2 in emulsion polymerisation
interval 3 in emulsion polymerisation
intervals in emulsion polymerisations
intrinsic semiconductor
intrinsic viscosity
intrinsically conducting polymer
inverse emulsion polymerisation
inverse latex
inverse micro-emulsion polymerisation
inverse mini-emulsion polymerisation
inverse opal
inverted core-shell particle
iodine-transfer polymerization
ion beam resist
ion-conducting polymer
ion-exchange polymer
ionene
ionic aggregates in an ionomer
ionic copolymerization
ionic polymer
ionic polymerization
ionic ring-opening polymerization
ionomer
ionomer cluster
ionomer molecule
ionomer multiplet
irregular adjacent re-entry model
irregular dendrimer
irregular dendrimer molecule
irregular dendron
irregular macromolecule
irregular polymer
isochiral stem packing
isoclined stems
isodirectional packing
isomorphic polymer blend
isomorphous polymer co-crystal
isomorphous structures
isopycnic
isorefractive
isostatic pressing
isotactic macromolecule
isotactic polymer
isothermal crystallisation
isotropisation temperature
junction point
junction unit
junction-point density
Kauzmann temperature
kinetic-chain length
Kirkwood–Riseman theory
Kohlrausch–Williams–Watts equation
Kraemer coefficient
Kraemer equation
Kratky plot
Kuhn segment
Kuhn segment length
ladder chain
ladder macromolecule
lamella
lamellar block copolymer
lamellar crystal
lamellar crystal sector
Langmuir–Blodgett membrane
large molecule
large particle
lariat ethers
lateral order
latex particle
lath crystal
lattice
lattice distortion
layer-by-layer assembly
left-handed helix
life cycle assessment
lift-off process
light emitting diode
line edge roughness
line repetition groups
line width roughness
line-space patterning
linear chain
linear constitutional repeating unit
linear copolymer
linear macromolecule
linear polymer
linear thermodilatometry
link
lipid vesicle
liquid crystal
liquid membrane
liquid-crystal dendrimer
liquid-crystal polymer
liquid-crystal state
liquid-crystalline phase
liquid-crystalline polymer
lithography
living anionic polymerization
living cationic polymerization
living condensative chain polymerization
living coordination polymerization
living copolymerization
living ionic polymerization
living polymer
living polymer chain
living polymerization
living radical polymerization
living ring-opening metathesis polymerization
local conformation
locant
logarithmic decrement
logarithmic normal distribution
long chain
long period
long spacing
long-range intramolecular interaction
longitudinal order
loose end
loss curve
loss modulus
loss tangent
lower critical solution temperature
lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
luminescent material
lyotropic mesophase
m diad
macro-chain-transfer agent
macro-emulsion
macrocycle
macrocyclic component
macroinitiator
macromolecular coil
macromolecular component
macromolecular isomorphism
macromolecular prodrug
macromolecular pseudorotaxane
macromolecular rotaxane
macromolecule
macromonomer
macromonomer molecule
macromonomeric unit
macroporous particle
macroporous polymer
macroradical
magnetic mask
magnetolithography
magnetoresistance
main chain
main ring
main-chain macromolecular rotaxane
main-chain polymer liquid crystal
main-chain rotaxane polymer
main-chain scission
main-chain self-assembly
Mark–Houwink equation
mask
mask error enhancement factor
maskless lithography
mass-average molar mass
mass-average particle diameter
mass-distribution function
master curve
maximum degree of biodegradation
mean-field theory
mean-square end-to-end distance
mean-square end-to-end distance of a freely rotating chain
mean-square radius of gyration
mean-square unperturbed end-to-end distance
mean-square unperturbed radius of gyration
mechanical melting
mechanically interlocked molecular architecture
mechano-chemical reaction
mediating agent
medical device
melt
melt flow index
melting temperature
membrane
memristor
mesh size
meso structures
mesogen
mesogenic group
mesogenic monomer
mesomorphic state
mesophase
mesoporous particle
metallo-supramolecular polymer
metallocene polymerization
metallomesogen
metathesis polymerization
micellar aggregation number
micellar charge
micellar nucleation
micellar polymerisation
micellar relative molar mass
micellar rod
micellisation
micro-emulsion
micro-emulsion polymerisation
micro-encapsulation
micro-network
micro-suspension polymerisation
microcapsule
microcontact printing
microdomain morphology
microfabrication
microfiltration
microfluidics
microgel
microlithography
micromolding
microparticle
microporous particle
microsphere
microstructure
microsyneresis
mineralization
mini-emulsion
mini-emulsion polymerisation
miscibility
miscibility gap
mixed ceramic
model network
modulated heat flow
modulated-temperature DSC
molar mass
molar-mass average
molar-mass dispersity
molar-mass exclusion limit
molecular conformation
molecular encapsulation
molecular glass
molecular imprinting
molecular logic gate
molecular nucleation
molecular orbital theory
molecular shuttle
molecular switch
molecular template
molecular wires
monolith
monomer
monomer molecule
monomer reactivity ratios
monomer reactivity scale
monomer-flooded emulsion polymerisation
monomer-starved emulsion polymerisation
monomeric unit
Moore’s law
morphology
morphology coarsening
most probable distribution
mulching film
multi-component resist
multi-strand chain
multi-strand macromolecule
multicoat morphology
multicomponent particle
multilayer aggregate
multilayered particle
multiphase copolymer
multiple helix
multiple inclusion morphology
multiplexing
nanocapsule
nanocomposite
nanodevice
nanodomain
nanodomain morphology
nanoelectromechanical systems
nanoelectronics
nanofiltration
nanogel
nanoimprint lithography
nanolithography
nanoparticle
nanopattern
nanophotonics
nanoporous polymer crystal
nanoscopic polymer film
nanosphere
nanosphere lithography
nanostructure
nanotechnology
natural latex
near-field scanning optical microscopy
negative-tone development
net shaping
network
network
network defect
network polymer
network-chain molar mass
neutralized gel
non-draining
non-isothermal crystallisation
non-linear optical polymer
non-metal-mediated atom-transfer radical polymerization
non-parallel-chain crystal
non-reversing heat flow
non-uniform dispersion
non-uniform polymer
nonaqueous dispersion
normalized image log slope
nucleation of phase separation
nucleophilic chain polymerization
number of generations
number of generations
number of pseudo-generations
number-average molar mass
number-average particle diameter
number-distribution function
occluded particle
occupied band
ohmic contact
oligomer
oligomer molecule
oligomerization
onion morphology
optically active polymer
optically nonlinear polymer
optoelectronics
ordered co-continuous double gyroid morphology
organic–inorganic polymer
organically modified silica
organically-modified ceramic
organobismuthane-mediated radical polymerization
organometallic-mediated radical polymerization
organophilic
organophilic interaction
organostibane-mediated radical polymerization
organotellurium-mediated radical polymerization
orientation parameter
orientational disorder
orthokinetic coagulation
osmometer
osmometry
osmotic virial coefficient
Ostwald ripening
outer-sphere electron transfer ATRP
oxide network
packing of chain stems
paracrystal
paracrystalline disorder of the first kind
paracrystalline disorder of the second kind
paracrystalline distortion factor
parallel-chain crystal
partial free-draining
partially draining
partially engulfed particle
particle monolayer
particle number concentration
particle scattering function
particle-diameter dispersity
particulate gel
particulate sol
path length
pattern collapse
pattern transfer
patterns of reactivity scheme
peak analysis
pearl-necklace model
pendant group
pendent chain
penetrant
penultimate-unit effect
peptization
percolation
percolation threshold
perfect network
perikinetic coagulation
periodic copolymer
periodic copolymerization
permanent crosslink
permeate
Perrin equation
persistence length
perstraction
perturbed dimensions
pervaporation
phantom chain behaviour
pharmaceutical
pharmacological
pharmacologically active
pharmacology
phase domain
phase interaction
phase-transfer event in a dispersed system
phenolic polymer
photo-elastic polymer
photoacid generator
photoactive compound
photochemical curing
photochromic polymer
photoconducting polymer
photodetrapping
photoinduced discharge
photoinjection
photolithography
photoluminescent polymer
photonic crystal
photonics
photorefractive polymer
photosensitive polymer
photovoltaic effect
physical network
piezoelectric polymer
pitch division
planarising layer
plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
plasma etch
plastic
Poisson distribution
polarization density
poling
poly(ethene-1,2-diyl)
poly[3,4-(ethylenedioxy)thiophene]
polyacetylenes
polyacid
polyaddition
polyalkenylene
polyalkylene
polyalkynylene
polyamide
polyamide acid
polyamine
polyanhydride
polyanilines
polyarylenes
polyarylenethynylenes
polyarylenevinylenes
polyazomethines
polybase
polybenzimidazoles
polybenzothiazole
polybenzoxazole
polybetaine
polybismaleimide
polycarbamate
polycarbodiimide
polycarbonate
polycarborane
polycarbosilane
polycondensation
polycrystalline polymer
polycyanurate
polycyclic macromolecule
polydiacetylenes
polydiene
polyelectrolyte
polyelectrolyte complex
polyelectrolyte gel
polyelectrolyte network
polyester
polyether
polyfluorenes
polygermane
polyglutarimide
polyhydantoin
polyhydrazide
polyimidazole
polyimides
polyisocyanate
polyisocyanide
polyisocyanurate
polyketone
polymer
polymer alloy
polymer bead
polymer blend
polymer catalyst
polymer clathrate
polymer co-crystal
polymer co-crystallisation
polymer colloid
polymer compatibilizer
polymer complexation
polymer composite
polymer content
polymer crystal
polymer crystallite
polymer cyclization
polymer degradation
polymer dispersion
polymer drug
polymer emulsion
polymer fibre
polymer fibril
polymer functionalization
polymer gel
polymer gel particle
polymer glass
polymer mass fraction
polymer melt
polymer membrane
polymer microparticle
polymer microsphere
polymer nanoparticle
polymer nanosphere
polymer network particle
polymer particle
polymer phase-transfer catalyst
polymer reactant
polymer reaction
polymer single crystal
polymer solvent
polymer sorbent
polymer support
polymer surfactant
polymer-derived ceramic
polymer-metal complex
polymer-poor phase
polymer-rich phase
polymer-supported catalyst
polymer-supported reaction
polymer–polymer complex
polymer–solvent interaction
polymeric sol
polymerization
polymersome
polymetaloxane
polymolecular
polymolecularity correction
polymorphic polymer crystal
polyolefin
polyoxadiazoles
polyoxyalkylene
polyoxyarylene
polyoxymethylene
polyoxyphenylene
polyparabanic acid
polyphenylenemethylene
polyphenylenes
polyphenylenethynylenes
polyphenylenevinylenes
polyphosphate
polyphosphazene
polypyrroles
polypyrrone
polyquinoline
polyquinoxaline
polyrotaxane
polysilanes
polysilazane
polysiloxane
polysilsesquioxane
polystannane
polysulfonamide
polysulfone
polytetrazines
polythiadiazoles
polythiazoles
polythioester
polythioether
polythiophenes
polytriazine
polyurea
polyvinyl acetal
polyvinyl ester
polyvinyl ether
polyvinyl halide
polyvinyl ketone
polyvinylcarbazoles
polyvinylenes
polyzwitterions
Poole–Frenkel effect
positive-tone development
post-apply bake
post-exposure bake
post-exposure delay
power-feed emulsion polymerisation
pre-gel regime
pre-gel state
pre-polymer
pre-polymer molecule
precipitation
precipitation fractionation
precipitation polyaddition
precipitation polycondensation
precipitation polymerisation
preferential sorption
preferred constitutional repeating unit
prepolymer
prepreg
primary crystallization
primary nucleus
primary radical
primary species
primary-radical termination
primitive chain
prodrug
prodrug conjugate
propagating species
prosthesis
protecting group
protection of a reactive group
proton doping
protonic conductivity
proximity effect
pseudo-bulk behaviour
pseudo-co-oligomer
pseudo-copolymer
pseudo-ionic polymerization
pseudorotaxane
pseudorotaxane polymer
pulsed-laser polymerisation
pyrolysis
π-conjugated system
π-π stacking
Q-e
scheme
quality of solvent
quantum confinement effect
quantum tunneling polymer composite
quasi-single-strand polymer
quasiparticle
θ state
r diad
racemic packing
radiation reaction
radiative charge carrier recombination
radical copolymerization
radical entry
radical entry frequency
radical exit
radical exit frequency
radical polymerization
radical reactivity scale
radical ring-opening polymerization
radius of gyration
random coil
random copolymer
random copolymerization
rare-earth-metal-mediated coordination-addition polymerization
raster scan
rate of polymerisation
Rayleigh ratio
reaction injection moulding
reactive blending
reactive ion etching
reactive polymer
reactive polymer processing
redox doping
redox polymer
reduced viscosity
refractive index increment
regioirregular polymer
regiorandom polymer
regioregular polymer
regular adjacent re-entry model
regular block
regular dendrimer
regular dendrimer molecule
regular dendron
regular macromolecular rotaxane
regular macromolecule
regular oligomer molecule
regular polymer
regular single-strand polymer
reinforced reaction injection moulding
relative viscosity
relative viscosity increment
relaxation map
relaxation spectrum
reorganization
reptation
resin
resist
resist polymer
resist profile
resist strip
responsive gel
retardation
reticulate doped polymer
reverse iodine-transfer polymerization
reverse osmosis
reversible chain deactivation
reversible network
reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer agent
reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization
reversible-addition-fragmentation radical polymerization
reversible-deactivation anionic polymerization
reversible-deactivation cationic polymerization
reversible-deactivation coordination polymerization
reversible-deactivation ionic polymerization
reversible-deactivation polymerization
reversible-deactivation radical polymerization
reversing heat flow
rheopexic gel
right-handed helix
rigid chain
ring-opening copolymerization
ring-opening metathesis polymerization
ring-opening nucleophilic chain polymerization
ring-opening polymerization
ringing gel
rod group
rod-coil copolymer
rod-like morphology
root-mean-square end-to-end distance
root-mean-square end-to-end distance of a freely rotating chain
root-mean-square radius of gyration
root-mean-square unperturbed end-to-end distance
root-mean-square unperturbed radius of gyration
rotated Fischer projection
rotation per helix residue
rotational diffusion
rotational frictional coefficient
rotational isomeric state
rotaxane constitutional repeating unit
rotaxane constitutional unit
rotaxane end-unit
rotaxane monomer
rotaxane monomeric unit
rotaxane polymer
Rouse chain
Rouse theory
row structure
scaling law
scanning-probe lithography
Scatchard equation
Scatchard plot
scattering angle
scattering vector
Schottky barrier
Schulz–Zimm distribution
second harmonic generation
secondary crystallization
secondary nucleation
secondary radical
secondary relaxation
secondary relaxation peak
secondary relaxation temperature
secondary species
sedimentation
sedimentation coefficient
sedimentation equilibrium
sedimentation velocity method
seed particle
seeded dispersion polymerisation
seeded emulsion polymerisation
segmented copolymer
segregation
selective solvent
self-avoiding random-walk chain
self-initiated polymerisation
self-nucleation
semi-continuous emulsion polymerisation
semi-dendritic constitutional repeating unit
semi-dilute solution
semi-interpenetrating polymer network
semi-rigid chain
senior constitutional repeating unit
sensor
sequential interpenetrating polymer network
sequential semi-interpenetrating polymer network
shape-memory polymer
shell-crosslinked micelle
shift factor
shish-kebab structure
short chain
short circuit photocurrent
short-range intramolecular interactions
shot noise
shrinkage
side group or side-chain polymer liquid crystal
side-chain macromolecular rotaxane
side-chain rotaxane polymer
side-chain self-assembly
silylation
simultaneous interpenetrating polymer network
simultaneous semi-interpenetrating polymer network
single-strand chain
single-strand macromolecule
single-strand polymer
sintering
size effect
size-exclusion chromatography
skeletal atom
skeletal bond
skeletal structure
slip
slip casting
slow coagulation rate
slow coagulation rate coefficient
small molecule
small particle
smectic
smectic mesophase
soft bake
soft lithography
soft-segment phase domain
sol fraction
sol-gel coating
sol-gel critical concentration
sol-gel material
sol-gel metal oxide
sol-gel process
sol-gel silica
sol-gel transition
solar cell
solid dispersion
solid polymer electrolyte
solid-state polymerisation
solidification model
solids content
solvent vapor annealing
solvophilic
solvophobic
sonogel
sonosol
spacer
spacer arm
spherand
spherulite
spinodal
spiro chain
spiro macromolecule
spontaneous termination
spreading function
stability ratio
stable radical
stable-radical-mediated polymerization
stamp
star copolymer
star macromolecule
star polymer
static light scattering
static self-assembly
static structure factor
statistical copolymer
statistical copolymerization
statistical segment
stealth
stem
stereoblock macromolecule
stereoblock polymer
stereocopolymer
stereohomosequence
stereoregular macromolecule
stereoregular polymer
stereorepeating unit
stereoselective polymerization
stereosequence
stereospecific polymerization
steric factor
steric stabilisation
stimulated radiative charge carrier recombination
stimuli-responsive polymer
stimulus-responsive polymer
Stokes equation
Stokes–Einstein equation
stopper
storage modulus
streaming birefringence
stress relaxation
strong glass
structural disorder
styrene polymer
subchain
subsidiary lamellae
substitution chain transfer
subunit
superabsorbent polymer
supercooled melt
supercooled polymer melt
supercooling
supercritical drying of a gel
supramolecular assembly
supramolecular association
surface grafting
surface pressure
surface roughness
surface-average particle diameter
surfmer
suspension polymerisation
sustainability
sustained delivery
swelling agent
swing curve
switchboard model
symmetry breaking
syndiotactic macromolecule
syndiotactic polymer
syneresis
synthetic biopolymer
synthetic latex
T-stacking
tactic block
tactic block polymer
tactic macromolecule
tactic polymer
tacticity
Tammann’s 2/3rd rule
targeting
telechelic polymer
template polymerization
terminal constitutional repeating unit
theoretical ceramic yield
theoretical degree of biodegradation
therapeutic polymer
thermal annealing
thermal curing
thermal history
thermal injection
thermal lag
thermodynamically equivalent sphere
thermogravimetric analyser
thermoluminescence analysis
thermomechanical analyser
thermomechanical properties
thermoplastic elastomer
thermoreversible gel
thermoreversible junction point
thermoreversible network
thermosetting polymer
thermotropic mesophase
thixotropic gel
threadable ring
threading component
thrombogenicity
tie molecule
time–temperature superposition principle
tissue engineering
top-down patterning
top-surface imaging
topcoat
topochemical polymerisation
torsion pendulum
torsional pendulum analysis
transamidation
transcrystalline layer
transesterification
transient crosslink
transient junction point
transient network
transition temperature
transition-metal-mediated radical polymerization
translational chain repeating unit
translational diffusion
translational diffusion coefficient
translational frictional coefficient
transplant
transtactic polymer
transurf
tritactic polymer
tube model
tube renewal
Tung distribution
turbidimetric titration
turbidity
twinned polymer crystal
two-phase model
θ temperature
ultimate biodegradation
uniaxial pressing
uniform dispersion
uniform polymer
unimer
unit cell
universal calibration
unperturbed conformational state
unperturbed dimensions
unperturbed end-to-end distance
unperturbed end-to-end vector
unperturbed radius of gyration
uphill transport
upper critical solution temperature
upstream
valence bond theory
vapor deposition
vector scan
vesicle polymerisation
Vicat softening temperature
vinyl polymer
vinylidene polymer
virial coefficients
viscoelastic spectrum
viscosity function
viscosity-average molar mass
viscous sintering
vitrification
Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann equation
volume thermodilatometry
volume-average particle diameter
vulcanization
waste
waste management
weathering
wet etching
wetting
Williams–Landel–Ferry equation
work function
worm-like chain
X-ray lithography
X-ray resist
xerogel
z-average molar mass
z-average particle diameter
zero-one behaviour
Zimm plot
zwitterionic copolymerisation
zwitterionic polymer
zwitterionic polymerisation