Title: crystalline polymer-inclusion complex
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - crystalline polymer-inclusion complex
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14233
Status: current

Definition
Crystal comprising a polymer guest within a low-molar-mass host.

Notes
1) A number of different crystalline polymer-inclusion complexes may be obtained, for example, by the crystallization of polyethylene, 1,4-polybutadiene, and other polymers within urea, perhydrotriphenylene, or cyclotriphosphazene crystals.
2) The stems in polymer inclusion complexes are generally isolated. They are often not conformationally ordered.

Source
- PAC, 2011, 83, 1831. 'Definitions of terms relating to crystalline polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 1849 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-11-13)

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Citation: Citation: 'crystalline polymer-inclusion complex' 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.14233
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