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adjacent re-entry model
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
ampholytic polymer
angle of observation
anion-exchange polymer
anionic polymer
anionic polymerization
anticlined structures
aquagel
Archibald's method
asymmetric membrane
atactic macromolecule
atactic polymer
average degree of polymerization
Avrami equation
axialite
backbone
backflush
bead-rod model
bead-spring model
bimodal network
biodegradable polymer
bipolymer
block
block copolymer
block macromolecule
block polymer
branch (side chain, pendant chain)
branch point
branch unit
branched chain
branched polymer
branching index
brush macromolecule
(chain) conformational repeating unit
calcination
carbo-reduction
cation-exchange polymer
cationic polymer
cationic polymerization
ceramer
ceramic
ceramic precursor
ceramic yield
ceramic-reinforced polymer
ceramization
chain axis
chain entanglement
chain folding
chain
chain polymerization
chain scission
chain-orientational disorder
characteristic ratio
chelating polymer
chemical amplification
chemical functionality
chemical modification
chemically bonded hybrid (material)
cis
conformation
cistactic polymer
class of helix
clay hybrid
clearing point
co-oligomer
co-oligomerization
co-solvency
colloidal gel
colloidal network
colloidal processing
comb macromolecule
comb polymer
compatible polymer blend
composite
composite membrane
compositional heterogeneity
concentrated phase
condensation polymerization
conducting polymer
conducting polymer composite
configurational base unit
configurational disorder
configurational homosequence
configurational repeating unit
configurational sequence
configurational unit
conformational disorder
conformational repeating unit of a polymer
connectivity
constitutional heterogeneity
constitutional homosequence
constitutional repeating unit
constitutional sequence
constitutional unit
continuously curved chain
contour length
copolymer
copolymer micelle
copolymerization
counter-current flow
crazing
creep
critical ion-concentration in an ionomer
cross-over concentration
crosslink
crosslink density
crosslinking
crosslinking site
crystalline polymer
crystallinity
curing
cyclopolymerization
χ-parameter
degree of crystallinity
degree of polymerization
degrees of cistacticity and transtacticity
degrees of triad isotacticity, syndiotacticity, and heterotacticity
dendrite
densification
depolarization of scattered light
depolymerization
diads
diastereoisomeric units
diisotactic polymer
dilute phase
disruptor
dissymmetry of scattering
distribution function
disyndiotactic polymer
ditactic polymer
Donnan exclusion
dopant
doping
double-strand chain
double-strand copolymer
double-strand macromolecule
double-strand polymer
downstream
drying control chemical additive
dynamic membrane formation
elastically active network chain
elastomer
electrically conducting polymer
electro-dialysis
electro-osmosis
electroluminescent polymer
electron beam curing
enantiomeric units
enantiomorphous structures
enantiotropic mesophase
end-group
end-to-end distance
end-to-end vector
entanglement network
environmental stress cracking
equilibrium sedimentation
equivalence postulate
equivalent chain
erythro
structures
excess Rayleigh ratio
excluded volume of a macromolecule
excluded volume of a segment
exfoliation
expansion factor
extended-chain crystal
extender
extraction fractionation
f
-functional branch point
f-functional branch unit
ferroelectric polymer
ferromagnetic polymer
fibrillar morphology
fibrous crystal in polymers
Flory–Huggins theory
flow birefringence
fold domain
fold
fold plane
fold surface
folded-chain crystal
fouling
fractal agglomerate
fractal dimension
fractionation
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
geometrical equivalence
globular-chain crystal
graft copolymer
graft copolymerization
graft macromolecule
graft polymer
grafting
green body
Guinier plot
hybrid material
halato-telechelic polymer
hard-segment phase domain
helix
helix residue
helix sense
hemodialysis
heterochain polymer
heterotactic polymer
heterotactic triads
hipping
homochain polymer
homogeneous polymer blend
homologous polymer blend
homopolymer
homopolymerization
Huggins coefficient
Huggins equation
hybrid polymer
hydrodynamic volume
hydrodynamically equivalent sphere
hydrogel
hydrolysis ratio
(chain) identity period of a polymer
immiscibility
immiscible polymer blend
impact-modified polymer
impregnation
in situ
composite formation
inherent viscosity
inorganic polymer
inorganic–organic polymer
intercalation
intercalation reaction
interchange reaction
interfacial adhesion
interpenetrating polymer network
intrinsic viscosity
intrinsically conducting polymer
ion-exchange polymer
ionene
ionic aggregates in an ionomer
ionic copolymerization
ionic polymer
ionic polymerization
ionomer
ionomer cluster
ionomer molecule
ionomer multiplet
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 distortion
line repetition groups
linear chain
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
living copolymerization
living polymer
living polymerization
local conformation
logarithmic normal distribution
long chain
long spacing
long-range intramolecular interaction
longitudinal order
loose end
lyotropic mesophase
macrocycle
macromolecular isomorphism
macromolecule
macromonomer
macromonomer molecule
macromonomeric unit
macroporous polymer
macroradical
main chain (backbone)
main-chain polymer liquid crystal
main-chain scission
Mark–Houwink equation
mass-distribution function
Mechano-chemical reaction
membrane
meso structures
mesogen
mesogenic group
mesogenic monomer
mesomorphic state
mesophase
micro-network
microdomain morphology
microfiltration
microgel
microsyneresis
miscibility
miscibility gap
mixed ceramic
model network
molar-mass exclusion limit
molecular conformation
molecular nucleation
molecular-weight exclusion limit
monodisperse polymer
monolith
monomer
monomer molecule
monomeric unit
morphology
morphology coarsening
most probable distribution (in macromolecular assemblies)
multi-strand chain
multi-strand macromolecule
multicoat morphology
multilayer aggregate
multiphase copolymer
multiple inclusion morphology
nanocomposite
nanodomain morphology
nanofiltration
nanogel
net shaping
network
network defect
network
network polymer
network-chain molar mass
neutralized gel
non-draining
non-linear optical polymer
non-uniform polymer
nucleation of phase separation
number-distribution function
oligomer
oligomer molecule
oligomerization
onion morphology
optically active polymer
ordered co-continuous double gyroid morphology
organic–inorganic polymer
organically modified silica
organically-modified ceramic
Ostwald ripening
oxide network
parallel-chain crystal
partially draining
particle scattering function
particulate gel
particulate sol
peak analysis
pendant group
penetrant
pentads
peptization
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
photochemical curing
photoluminescent polymer
photosensitive polymer
physical network
piezoelectric polymer
Poisson distribution
polyacid
polyaddition
polybase
polybetaine
polycondensation
polydisperse polymer
polyelectrolyte
polyelectrolyte complex
polyelectrolyte gel
polyelectrolyte network
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
pre-gel regime
pre-gel state
pre-polymer
pre-polymer molecule
precipitation fractionation
precipitation
preferential sorption
prepolymer
prepreg
primary crystallization
protection of a reactive group
pseudo-co-oligomer
pseudo-copolymer
pyrolysis
quality of solvent
quasi-single-strand polymer
θ state
racemo structures
radiation reaction
radical copolymerization
radical polymerization
radius of gyration
random coil
random copolymer
random copolymerization
Rayleigh ratio
reaction injection moulding
reactive blending
reactive polymer
reactive polymer processing
redox polymer
reduced viscosity
refractive index increment
regular block
regular macromolecule
regular oligomer molecule
regular polymer
regular single-strand polymer
reinforced reaction injection moulding
relative viscosity
relative viscosity increment
reorganization
resin
resist polymer
responsive gel
reverse osmosis
reversible network
rheopexic gel
rigid chain
ring-opening copolymerization
ring-opening polymerization
ringing gel
rod-like morphology
root-mean-square end-to-end distance
rotational diffusion
scattering angle
scattering vector
Schulz–Zimm distribution
secondary crystallization
sedimentation equilibrium
sedimentation
sedimentation velocity method
segmented copolymer
segregated star macromolecule
segregation
selective solvent
semi-interpenetrating polymer network
semi-rigid chain
sequential interpenetrating polymer network
sequential semi-interpenetrating polymer network
shape-memory polymer
shish-kebab structure
short chain
short-range intramolecular interactions
shrinkage
side group or side-chain polymer liquid crystal
simultaneous interpenetrating polymer network
simultaneous semi-interpenetrating polymer network
single-strand chain
single-strand macromolecule
single-strand polymer
sintering
size-exclusion chromatography
skeletal atom
skeletal bond
skeletal structure
slip
slip casting
small particle
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
solid polymer electrolyte
sonogel
sonosol
spacer
spherulite
spinodal
spiro chain
spiro macromolecule
spreading function
star copolymer
star macromolecule
star polymer
statistical copolymer
statistical copolymerization
statistical segment
stem
stereoblock macromolecule
stereoblock polymer
stereohomosequence
stereoregular macromolecule
stereoregular polymer
stereorepeating unit
stereoselective polymerization
stereosequence
stereospecific polymerization
steric factor
streaming birefringence
structural disorder
subchain
superabsorbent polymer
supercritical drying of a gel
surface grafting
surface pressure
swelling agent
switchboard model
syndiotactic macromolecule
syndiotactic polymer
syndiotactic triads
syneresis
tactic block
tactic block polymer
tactic macromolecule
tactic polymer
tacticity
telechelic polymer
theoretical ceramic yield
thermal curing
thermodynamic quality of solvent
thermodynamically equivalent sphere
thermoplastic elastomer
thermoreversible gel
thermoreversible junction point
thermoreversible network
thermosetting polymer
thermotropic mesophase
thixotropic gel
tie molecule
transient crosslink
transient junction point
transient network
transition temperature (for liquid crystals)
transtactic polymer
tritactic polymer
Tung distribution
turbidimetric titration
turbidity
θ temperature
uniaxial pressing
uniform polymer
unit cell
universal calibration
unperturbed dimensions
uphill transport
upper critical solution temperature
upstream
viscosity function
viscous sintering
vulcanization
weathering
wetting
worm-like chain
xerogel
Zimm plot
zwitterionic polymer