composite. The picture labeled "graft polymer" shows how grafted chains of species B are covalently bonded to polymer species A. Although the side chains...

In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer. The polymerization of monomers into copolymers is called...

Electrostrictive graft polymers consist of flexible backbone chains with branching side chains. The side chains on neighboring backbone polymers cross link...

analysis of polymers and for grafting to and from a polymer chain to create a new copolymer. One example of an end group is in the polymer poly(ethylene...

fabrics Graft (architects), an architecture firm Search for "graft"  or "grafting" on Wikipedia. Photografting, a technique used in the study of polymers Transplant...

covalently-bonded chain of that polymer; or, in the case of a graft copolymer, by a chain of another type. Branched polymers have more compact and symmetrical...

respectively. Polymers with three blocks, each of a different chemical species (e.g., A, B, and C) are termed triblock terpolymers. Graft or grafted copolymers...

developed a resin based on the grafting of acrylonitrile polymer onto the backbone of starch molecules (i.e. starch-grafting). The hydrolyzed product of...

such as grafting. This is very useful for pinhole-free coatings of 100 picometers to 1-micrometer thickness with solvent insoluble polymers. In as early...

subsequently polymerized with ATRP. Thus antimicrobial surfaces can be prepared via “grafting to” or “grafting from” mechanisms. Grafting to involves the...

RAFT has also been used to graft polymer chains onto polymeric surfaces, for example, polymeric microspheres. Polymerization can be performed in large...

In polymer chemistry, free-radical polymerization (FRP) is a method of polymerization by which a polymer forms by the successive addition of free-radical...

Recently, graft polymers have been studied in an attempt to improve battery performance, including micro-porous poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted and siloxane...

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant health...

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to...

brushes, when the polymer chains themselves carry an electrostatic charge. The brushes are often characterized by the high density of grafted chains. The limited...

In polymer chemistry, emulsion polymerization is a type of radical polymerization that usually starts with an emulsion incorporating water, monomers, and...

of loops or cycles in a polymer network. The synthesis of branched polymers (grafted polymer, comb polymer, star-shape polymer and dendrimer) has been...

like any acrylate polymer, is usually synthesized through a process known as free radical polymerization, though graft polymerization may also be used...

reduces friction, wear, and energy consumption of machinery. It is used as a graft material in surgery and as a coating on catheters. PTFE and chemicals used...

stabilization of colloids. Polymer chains are grafting to a surface via covalent bonding or adsorption. The solubility of these polymers stems from the high...

from the standard “grafting to” polymerization. Whereas “grafting to” polymerization involves the straightforward attachment of polymers to the biomolecule...

In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of chain growth polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been...

interface. Grafting, in the context of polymer chemistry, refers to the addition of polymer chains onto a surface. In the so-called 'grafting onto' mechanism...

medicine, a stent is a tube usually constructed of a metallic alloy or a polymer. It is inserted into the lumen (hollow space) of an anatomic vessel or...

electronics, a branch of electronics that deals with conductive organic polymers or small organic molecules, for light absorption and charge transport to...

and has broad applications in consumer products. This super-absorbent polymer (SAP) has the ability to absorb 100 to 1000 times its mass in water. Sodium...

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH, PVA, or PVAl) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer. It has the idealized formula [CH2CH(OH)]n. It is used in papermaking, textile...

structure is being researched by multiple companies. Graft polyols (also called filled polyols or polymer polyols) contain finely dispersed styrene–acrylonitrile...

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are polymeric smart materials that have the ability to return from a deformed state (temporary shape) to their original (permanent)...