constitutional repeating unit (
CRU
)
in polymers
The smallest
constitutional unit
the repetition of which constitutes a
regular macromolecule
, a
regular oligomer molecule
, a
regular block
or a regular
chain
.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2291