Polymer-solvent interaction

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013421",
  "term": "Polymer-solvent interaction",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The set of thermodynamic forces between polymer chain segments and solvent molecules in a solution. These interactions determine the solubility of the polymer and the conformation of its chains in the solvent. The Flory-Huggins interaction parameter, χ, is a dimensionless quantity used to characterize the energy of these intermolecular interactions.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "intermolecular"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 57 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/polymer-solvent-interaction/"
}