A
macromolecule with one or more species of
block connected to the
main chain as
side chains, these side chains having constitutional or configurational features that differ
from those in the main chain.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2293
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