Polymer network that forms or breaks up as the temperature is changed or under the action of a force.
Note: The junction points in a reversible
network are usually small crystallites or glassy domains such as those formed within
block copolymers.
Source: 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 1815 [
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