polyperylene

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noun

Any polymer composed of perylene moieties either fused together or joined by single bonds

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Meanings

nounpolyperylene (countable and uncountable, plural polyperylenes)

plural polyperylenes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny polymer composed of perylene moieties either fused together or joined by single bonds

    Bond order studies show that zigzag fused naphthalene does not have tendency to distort while armchair fused naphthalene and polyperylene have a tendency to distort along the edges.

    2016, V. M. L. Durga Prasad Goli, Suryoday Prodhan, Sumit Mazumdar, S. Ramasesha, “Correlated Electronic Properties of Some Graphene Nanoribbons: A DMRG Study”, in arXiv

Origin

From poly- + perylene.

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