Term: unimer
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08971

Definition:
Species comprising only one monomer unit.

Note: The term is commonly used to designate a dormant species in reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) that contains only one monomer unit.

Link: 
Related Term: reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08916).
Related Term: dormant species (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08952).

Source: PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1125 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

Citation: 'unimer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08971

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