14-03-2012, 03:03 PM
Conjugated Polymers and organic electronic molecules
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Definition
Polymer consists of very large number of
monomer assembled by covalent bond
by covalent bond.
Polymers
Terminology:
mer: a unit
monomer: one unit
dimer: two units
trimer: three units
tetramer: four units
Polymer: many units
Pre-polymer: growing
towards being a polymer
Oligomers=Few units fixed in size
Homo Polymer=polymer of fixed mer type
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Definition
Polymer consists of very large number of
monomer assembled by covalent bond
by covalent bond.
Polymers
Terminology:
mer: a unit
monomer: one unit
dimer: two units
trimer: three units
tetramer: four units
Polymer: many units
Pre-polymer: growing
towards being a polymer
Oligomers=Few units fixed in size
Homo Polymer=polymer of fixed mer type