Polymer composed of macromolecules in which a small but significant proportion of
the constitutional units has ionic or ionizable groups, or both.
Note:
Ionic groups are usually present in sufficient amounts (typically less than 10% of
constitutional units) to cause
micro-
phase separation of ionic domains from the continuous polymer phase. The ionic domains act as physical
crosslinks.
Source:
PAC, 2006, 78, 2067
(Terminology of polymers containing ionizable or ionic groups and of polymers containing
ions (IUPAC Recommendations 2006))
on page 2071
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
