covalent
Americanadjective
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These synthetic porous materials of interest to chemists specializing in selective encapsulation include such buzzwords as metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks, and zeolites.
From Science Daily
Non-covalent nanotubes are formed through the inherent attractive interactions or non-covalent interactions between atoms, instead of the strong covalent interactions seen in carbon nanotubes.
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Notably, for covalent glasses, the IRO is marked by atomic density fluctuations.
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Classical computers have managed the calculation for molecules as large as pentacene, a chain of five hydrocarbon rings with 22 electrons in “pi” covalent bonds, which govern the molecule’s shape and reactivity.
From Science Magazine
The other is a diazirine group, which can be activated by light to create stable covalent linkages between the labeled proteins and any molecules they interact with.
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