08985 IUPAC Gold Book - controlled cationic polymerization 10.1351/goldbook.08985 08985 current 1 Term indicating control of a certain kinetic feature of a cationic polymerization or structural aspect of the polymer molecules formed by cationic polymerization, or both. Generally, the adjective 'controlled' should not be used without specifying the particular kinetic or structural feature that is subject to control. controlled polymerization https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08908 PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1130 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08985/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08985/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08985/plain Citation: 'controlled cationic polymerization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08985 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-30T08:06:21+00:00