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Honeycomb polymer film

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-005391

A polymer film characterized by a highly ordered, porous structure resembling a honeycomb pattern on its surface. This morphology is typically achieved through breath figure templating, where water droplets condense on a polymer solution surface during solvent evaporation. These films find applications in filtration, sensing, and tissue engineering due to their high surface area and controlled pore size.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-005391
FieldChemistry
SubjectPolymer
Synonymshoneycomb polymer
ReferencesPAC, 2012, 85, 463. 'Terminology for aggregation and self-assembly in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 473 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-12)
Record as JSON
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/honeycomb-polymer-film/"
}

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