Term: switchboard model
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06204

Definition:
A model of crystallinity in which the crystallized segments of a macromolecule belong to the same crystal, although the stems are connected randomly.

Related Terms:
1) crystallinity (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01433).

Source: Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 84 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

Citation: 'switchboard model' 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.S06204

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