polyalternating

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ alternating

Adjective[edit]

polyalternating (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position
    • 2015 October 24, “Energy Landscape of Alginate-Epimerase Interactions Assessed by Optical Tweezers and Atomic Force Microscopy”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Alginates with polyalternating sequences (poly-MG) have also been shown to form ionotropic hydrogels [2, 10, 11 ], however, these are much weaker than those made from alginates with a high content of G-blocks.