polymer crystal

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A crystalline domain usually limited by well-defined boundaries.
Notes:
  1. Polymer crystals frequently do not display the perfection that is usual for low-molar-mass substances.
  2. Twinned polymer crystals are, sometimes, erroneously referred to as 'crystals'.
  3. Polymer crystals that can be manipulated individually are often called (polymer) single crystals. A single crystal may contain different fold domains.
Source:
Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 76 [Terms] [Book]
Citation: 'polymer crystal' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04737 RIS BibTex EndNote
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