Soliton

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011006",
  "term": "Soliton",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A self-reinforcing solitary wave packet that maintains its shape while propagating at a constant velocity. Solitons arise from a cancellation of nonlinear and dispersive effects within the medium through which they travel. In photochemistry, they can describe the propagation of an excitation or a structural deformation along a polymer chain without energy loss.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2007, 79, 293. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)' on page 422 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779030293)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/soliton/"
}