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Polymer science

chain polymerization without termination or transfer, so chain ends stay active and can keep growing when more monomer is added.

In polymer science, living polymerization refers to chain polymerization without termination or transfer, so chain ends stay active and can keep growing when more monomer is added. This meaning comes from Szwarc (1956) in Nature.[1]

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References

Szwarc, M. (1956). ‘Living’ Polymers. Nature, 178(4543), 1168-1169. https://doi.org/10.1038/1781168a0

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