Title: honeycomb polymer film
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - honeycomb polymer film
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13829
Status: current

Definition
Hexagonal array of holes in a polymer film.

Notes
1) The cross-sectional dimensions of the holes of a hexagonal array are usually less than \(\pu{1 mm}\).
2) A method that utilizes the condensation of micrometer-size water droplets on the surface of solutions of block copolymers for the preparation of ordered micrometer-size honeycomb structures has led to the use of the extended term, honeycomb polymer from breath figures.

Source
- PAC, 2012, 85, 463. 'Terminology for aggregation and self-assembly in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 473 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-12)

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Citation: Citation: 'honeycomb polymer film' 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.13829
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