Monolith

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013303",
  "term": "Monolith",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A shaped, fabricated article in one piece whose microstructure is homogeneous, with no components resolvable under an optical microscope. Typical routes to a monolith are pressing, sintering, sol-gel processing and crosslinking during reactive moulding. A monolith may be dense or deliberately porous, as in the continuous porous polymer rods used as chromatography stationary phases.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "crosslinking",
    "gel",
    "macromolecule",
    "reaction injection moulding",
    "sintering",
    "sol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2007, 79, 1801. 'Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1812 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779101801)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/monolith/"
}