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2-photon lithography
3D lithography
activated monomer
activated-monomer polymerization
actuator
addition-fragmentation chain transfer
adhesion
adhesion promoter
adjacent re-entry model
aerial image
aerogel
aerosol
aerosol hydrolysis
affine chain behaviour
agglomerate
agglomeration (except in polymer science)
agglomeration
aggregation (except in polymer science)
aging
alcogel
alternating copolymer
alternating copolymerization
aminoxyl-mediated radical polymerization
ampholytic polymer
angle of observation
anion-activated-monomer polymerization
anion-exchange polymer
anionic group-transfer polymerization
anionic polymer
anionic polymerization
anionic ring-opening polymerization
annealing
anti-reflective coating
anticlined structures
antisoliton
aquagel
Archibald's method
aspect ratio
asymmetric enantiomer-differentiating polymerization
asymmetric membrane
asymmetric polymerization
atactic macromolecule
atactic polymer
atom-transfer radical polymerization
atomic force microscopy
average degree of polymerization
Avrami equation
axialite
backbone
backflush
base quencher
basting solvent
bead-rod model
bead-spring model
Bernoullian distribution
bimodal network
bioassimilation
biobased
biodegradable
biodegradable polymer
bioerosion
biorelated
bioresorbable
bipolymer
block
block copolymer
block copolymer lithography
block macromolecule
block polymer
bottom anti-reflective coating
bottom-up lithography
branch (side chain, pendant chain)
branch constitutional repeating unit
branch point
branch unit
branched chain
branched polymer
branching index
brush macromolecule
brush polymer
(chain) conformational repeating unit
calcination
carbo-reduction
carbonothioyl-mediated radical polymerization
catalyst precursor
catalyst-transfer cross-coupling polymerization
catalyst-transfer polymerization
catalytic chain termination
catalytic chain transfer
cation-activated-monomer polymerization
cation-exchange polymer
cationic polymer
cationic polymerization
cationic ring-opening polymerization
ceramer
ceramic
ceramic precursor
ceramic yield
ceramic-reinforced polymer
ceramization
chain activation
chain activation
chain axis
chain deactivation
chain entanglement
chain folding
chain
chain polymerization
chain propagation
chain reactivation
chain scission
chain termination
chain-orientational disorder
chain-shuttling polymerization
chain-transfer agent
chain-walking polymerization
characteristic ratio
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 (material)
cis
conformation
cistactic polymer
class of helix
clay hybrid
clearance dose
clearing point
co-oligomer
co-oligomerization
co-solvency
cobalt-mediated radical polymerization
colloidal gel
colloidal network
colloidal processing
comb macromolecule
comb polymer
combination
compatible polymer blend
composite
composite membrane
compositional heterogeneity
composting
concentrated phase
condensation polymerization
condensative chain polymerization
conducting polymer
conducting polymer composite
conductor
configurational base unit
configurational disorder
configurational homosequence
configurational repeating unit
configurational sequence
configurational unit
conformational disorder
conformational repeating unit of a polymer
conjugated polymer
connectivity
constitutional heterogeneity
constitutional homosequence
constitutional repeating unit
constitutional sequence
constitutional unit
contact hole
continuously curved chain
contour length
contrast
contrast curve
controlled anionic polymerization
controlled cationic polymerization
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 micelle
copolymerization
core unit
coulomb radius
counter-current flow
crazing
creep
critical dimension
critical ion-concentration in an ionomer
cross-over concentration
crosslink
crosslink density
crosslinking
crosslinking site
crystalline polymer
crystallinity
curing
cyclopolymerization
χ-parameter
dark electric conductivity
dark loss
deactivator
dead polymer chain
defect
defect-free pattern
degenerative chain transfer
degenerative chain-transfer radical polymerization
degenerative-transfer polymerization
degradable
degree of branching
degree of crystallinity
degree of polymerization
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
depolymerization
deprotection
depth of focus
developed image
development
diads
diastereoisomeric units
dielectric material
diisotactic polymer
dilute phase
dip-pen nanolithography
direct-write lithography
directed self-assembly
dislocation
dispersive transport
disruptor
dissolution inhibitor
dissolution promoter
dissolution rate
dissymmetry of scattering
distribution function
disyndiotactic polymer
ditactic polymer
doctor blading
Donnan exclusion
dopant
doping (p- and n-type)
doping
dormant species
dose
double exposure
double injection
double patterning
double-strand chain
double-strand copolymer
double-strand macromolecule
double-strand polymer
downstream
drift current
drift velocity
dry deposition
dry development
dry etching
dry-etch resistance
drying control chemical additive
dual-tone resist
dynamic membrane formation
edge acuity
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
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
embossing
enantiomeric units
enantiomorphous structures
enantiotropic mesophase
end-group
end-to-end distance
end-to-end vector
energy band
energy band theory
energy gap
entanglement network
environmental stress cracking
epitaxial crystallization
epitaxy
equilibrium sedimentation
equivalence postulate
equivalent chain
erythro
structures
etch
etch rate
excess Rayleigh ratio
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 quantum yield
extraction fractionation
extreme ultraviolet lithography
extrinsic semiconductor
f
-functional branch point
f-functional branch unit
ferroelectric polymer
ferromagnetic polymer
fibrillar morphology
fibrous crystal in polymers
field-effect transistor
fill factor
Flory–Huggins theory
flow birefringence
fluoropolymers
focal unit
focused ion beam
fold domain
fold
fold plane
fold surface
folded-chain crystal
fouling
fractal agglomerate
fractal dimension
fractionation
free charge-carrier photogeneration
freely draining
freely jointed chain
freely rotating chain
frictional coefficient
fringed-micelle model
functional polymer
functionality
gauche conformation
gel
gel aging
gel fraction
gel point
gel time
gelation
gelation temperature
generation
geometrical equivalence
globular-chain crystal
graft copolymer
graft copolymerization
graft macromolecule
graft polymer
grafting
green body
group-transfer polymerization
Guinier plot
hybrid material
halato-telechelic polymer
hard bake
hard-segment phase domain
head-tail isomerism
helix
helix residue
helix sense
hemodialysis
heterochain polymer
heterogeneous catalysis coordination polymerization
heterogeneous degradation
heterojunction
heterotactic polymer
heterotactic triads
hipping
hole
hole-transporting material
homochain polymer
homogeneous catalysis coordination polymerization
homogeneous degradation
homogeneous polymer blend
homojunction
homologous polymer blend
homopolymer
homopolymerization
hopping transport
hot electron
Huggins coefficient
Huggins equation
hybrid polymer
hydrodynamic volume
hydrodynamically equivalent sphere
hydrogel
hydrolysis ratio
hyperbranched macromolecule
hyperbranched oligomer
hyperbranched oligomer molecule
hyperbranched polymer
(chain) identity period of a polymer
image
image blur
immersion fluid
immersion lithography
immiscibility
immiscible polymer blend
impact ionization
impact-modified polymer
impregnation
imprint lithography
in situ
composite formation
inactive chain
inherent viscosity
inifer
iniferter
iniferter process
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
interference lithography
internal quantum yield
interpenetrating polymer network
intrinsic semiconductor
intrinsic viscosity
intrinsically conducting polymer
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 dendrimer
irregular dendrimer molecule
irregular dendron
irregular macromolecule
irregular polymer
isoclined structures
isomorphic polymer blend
isomorphous structures
isopycnic
isorefractive
isostatic pressing
isotactic macromolecule
isotactic polymer
isotactic triads
junction point
junction unit
junction-point density
Kratky plot
ladder chain
ladder macromolecule
lamellar crystal
Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) membrane
large particle
lateral order
lath crystal
lattice
lattice distortion
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
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 normal distribution
long chain
long spacing
long-range intramolecular interaction
longitudinal order
loose end
lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
luminescent material
lyotropic mesophase
macro-chain-transfer agent
macrocycle
macroinitiator
macromolecular isomorphism
macromolecule
macromonomer
macromonomer molecule
macromonomeric unit
macroporous polymer
macroradical
magnetic mask
magnetolithography
magnetoresistance
main chain (backbone)
main-chain polymer liquid crystal
main-chain scission
Mark–Houwink equation
mask
mask error enhancement factor
maskless lithography
mass-distribution function
Mechano-chemical reaction
mediating agent
membrane
memristor
meso structures
mesogen
mesogenic group
mesogenic monomer
mesomorphic state
mesophase
metallo-supramolecular polymer
metallocene polymerization
metathesis polymerization
micro-network
microcontact printing
microdomain morphology
microfabrication
microfiltration
microfluidics
microgel
microlithography
micromolding
microsyneresis
miscibility
miscibility gap
mixed ceramic
model network
molar-mass exclusion limit
molecular conformation
molecular glass
molecular logic gate
molecular nucleation
molecular orbital theory
molecular switch
molecular template
molecular wires
molecular-weight exclusion limit
monodisperse polymer
monolith
monomer
monomer molecule
monomeric unit
Moore’s law
morphology
morphology coarsening
most probable distribution (in macromolecular assemblies)
multi-component resist
multi-strand chain
multi-strand macromolecule
multicoat morphology
multilayer aggregate
multiphase copolymer
multiple inclusion morphology
nanocomposite
nanodevice
nanodomain morphology
nanoelectromechanical systems
nanoelectronics
nanofiltration
nanogel
nanoimprint lithography
nanolithography
nanoparticle
nanopattern
nanophotonics
nanosphere lithography
nanostructure
nanotechnology
near-field scanning optical microscopy
negative-tone development
net shaping
network
network defect
network
network polymer
network-chain molar mass
neutralized gel
non-draining
non-linear optical polymer
non-metal-mediated atom-transfer radical polymerization
non-uniform polymer
normalized image log slope
nucleation of phase separation
nucleophilic chain polymerization
number of generations
number of generations
number of pseudo-generations
number-distribution function
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
organostibane-mediated radical polymerization
organotellurium-mediated radical polymerization
Ostwald ripening
outer-sphere electron transfer ATRP
oxide network
parallel-chain crystal
partially draining
particle scattering function
particulate gel
particulate sol
pattern collapse
pattern transfer
peak analysis
pendant group
penetrant
pentads
peptization
percolation
percolation threshold
perfect network
periodic copolymer
periodic copolymerization
permanent crosslink
permeate
persistence length
perstraction
perturbed dimensions
pervaporation
phantom chain behaviour
phase domain
phase interaction
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
Poisson distribution
polarization density
poling
poly(ethene-1,2-diyl)
poly[3,4-(ethylenedioxy)thiophene]
polyacetylenes
polyacid
polyaddition
polyanilines
polyarylenes
polyarylenethynylenes
polyarylenevinylenes
polyazomethines
polybase
polybenzimidazoles
polybetaine
polycondensation
polydiacetylenes
polydisperse polymer
polyelectrolyte
polyelectrolyte complex
polyelectrolyte gel
polyelectrolyte network
polyfluorenes
polyimides
polymer
polymer alloy
polymer blend
polymer catalyst
polymer compatibilizer
polymer complexation
polymer composite
polymer crystal
polymer crystallite
polymer cyclization
polymer degradation
polymer drug
polymer functionalization
polymer gel
polymer membrane
polymer network
polymer phase-transfer catalyst
polymer reactant
polymer reaction
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
polymolecularity correction
polyoxadiazoles
polyphenylenes
polyphenylenethynylenes
polyphenylenevinylenes
polypyrroles
polysilanes
polytetrazines
polythiadiazoles
polythiazoles
polythiophenes
polyvinylcarbazoles
polyvinylenes
polyzwitterions
Poole–Frenkel effect
positive-tone development
post-apply bake
post-exposure bake
post-exposure delay
pre-gel regime
pre-gel state
pre-polymer
pre-polymer molecule
precipitation fractionation
precipitation
preferential sorption
preferred constitutional repeating unit
prepolymer
prepreg
primary crystallization
primary species
propagating species
protecting group
protection of a reactive group
proton doping
protonic conductivity
proximity effect
pseudo-co-oligomer
pseudo-copolymer
pseudo-ionic polymerization
pyrolysis
π-conjugated system
quality of solvent
quantum confinement effect
quantum tunneling polymer composite
quasi-single-strand polymer
quasiparticle
θ state
racemo structures
radiation reaction
radiative charge carrier recombination
radical copolymerization
radical polymerization
radical ring-opening polymerization
radius of gyration
random coil
random copolymer
random copolymerization
rare-earth-metal-mediated coordination-addition polymerization
raster scan
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 block
regular dendrimer
regular dendrimer molecule
regular dendron
regular macromolecule
regular oligomer molecule
regular polymer
regular single-strand polymer
reinforced reaction injection moulding
relative viscosity
relative viscosity increment
reorganization
resin
resist
resist polymer
resist profile
resist strip
responsive gel
retardation
reticulate doped polymer
reverse iodine-transfer polymerization
reverse osmosis
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
rheopexic gel
rigid chain
ring-opening copolymerization
ring-opening metathesis polymerization
ring-opening nucleophilic chain polymerization
ring-opening polymerization
ringing gel
rod-like morphology
root-mean-square end-to-end distance
rotational diffusion
scanning-probe lithography
scattering angle
scattering vector
Schottky barrier
Schulz–Zimm distribution
second harmonic generation
secondary crystallization
secondary species
sedimentation equilibrium
sedimentation
sedimentation velocity method
segmented copolymer
segregated star macromolecule
segregation
selective solvent
semi-dendritic constitutional repeating unit
semi-interpenetrating polymer network
semi-rigid chain
senior constitutional repeating unit
sensor
sequential interpenetrating polymer network
sequential semi-interpenetrating polymer network
shape-memory polymer
shish-kebab structure
short chain
short circuit photocurrent
short-range intramolecular interactions
shot noise
shrinkage
side group or side-chain polymer liquid crystal
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
small particle
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 polymer electrolyte
solvent vapor annealing
sonogel
sonosol
spacer
spherulite
spinodal
spiro chain
spiro macromolecule
spreading function
stable radical
stable-radical-mediated polymerization
stamp
star copolymer
star macromolecule
star polymer
statistical copolymer
statistical copolymerization
statistical segment
stem
stereoblock macromolecule
stereoblock polymer
stereocopolymer
stereohomosequence
stereoregular macromolecule
stereoregular polymer
stereorepeating unit
stereoselective polymerization
stereosequence
stereospecific polymerization
steric factor
stimulated radiative charge carrier recombination
streaming birefringence
structural disorder
subchain
substitution chain transfer
subunit
superabsorbent polymer
supercritical drying of a gel
supramolecular assembly
surface grafting
surface pressure
surface roughness
swelling agent
swing curve
switchboard model
syndiotactic macromolecule
syndiotactic polymer
syndiotactic triads
syneresis
tactic block
tactic block polymer
tactic macromolecule
tactic polymer
tacticity
telechelic polymer
terminal constitutional repeating unit
theoretical ceramic yield
thermal annealing
thermal curing
thermal injection
thermodynamic quality of solvent
thermodynamically equivalent sphere
thermoplastic elastomer
thermoreversible gel
thermoreversible junction point
thermoreversible network
thermosetting polymer
thermotropic mesophase
thixotropic gel
tie molecule
top-down patterning
top-surface imaging
topcoat
transient crosslink
transient junction point
transient network
transition temperature (for liquid crystals)
transition-metal-mediated radical polymerization
transtactic polymer
tritactic polymer
Tung distribution
turbidimetric titration
turbidity
θ temperature
uniaxial pressing
uniform polymer
unimer
unit cell
universal calibration
unperturbed dimensions
uphill transport
upper critical solution temperature
upstream
valence bond theory
vapor deposition
vector scan
viscosity function
viscous sintering
vulcanization
weathering
wet etching
wetting
work function
worm-like chain
X-ray lithography
X-ray resist
xerogel
Zimm plot
zwitterionic polymer