helical polymer

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Polymer composed of macromolecules that adopt partly or completely a helical conformation.
helical polymer
helical polymer
Notes:
  1. Biopolymers such as nucleic acids, amylose, and some proteins are typical helical polymers.
  2. A helical structure is generated by regularly repeating rotations around the backbone bonds of a linear macromolecule.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. (Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 1178 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'helical polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15311 RIS BibTex EndNote
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