A Multitude of Macromolecules
Granick, Steve, and Michael Rubinstein
Nature Materials 3, no. 9 (2004): 586–587
https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1199
“Consider rubber. One ties one chain molecule to a second one, and this to a third, forming a cluster of molecules. If one continues tying the resulting clusters of molecules together, the eventual result is rubber, a single macromolecule that spans its macroscopic container. The formation of rubber is a continuous transition that contrasts starkly with the other liquid-to-solid transitions, such as water to ice. The crosslinking process, known as vulcanization of rubber, is one of the oldest discoveries of macromolecular science (made by Goodyear in 1839). What could possibly be added?”
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