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Block copolymers, composed of two or more different monomers covalently bonded in a block shape, were strategically employed to induce phase separation using a non-mixing liquid droplet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

In the Harvard team's material, the polymer chains are long and highly entangled, while the particles are clustered and covalently bonded to the polymer chains.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

They have molecular layers that are highly mobile yet covalently tethered to the substrate, giving solid surfaces a liquid-like quality that acts like a layer of lubricant between the water droplets and the surface itself.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023

NaCl consists of discrete ions arranged in a crystal lattice, not covalently bonded molecules.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Any of the hydrogen atoms can be replaced with another carbon atom covalently bonded to the first carbon atom.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013