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Species comprising only one monomer unit.
Note:
The term is commonly used to designate a
dormant species
in
reversible-deactivation radical polymerization
(RDRP) that contains only one monomer unit.
Source:
PAC, 2022,
94
, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1125 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)