copolymers

You are quite right that the properties of most proteins are very different to that of even copolymers.

Someone must have looked into ester/amide copolymers already, anyone would think that that increased the melting point.

One of the cooler research topics going on now is the use of block copolymers for even more precise lithography, at the nano-scale.

The most common synthetic rubbers are styrene-butadiene copolymers.

From wikipedia: > Polymers that contain only a single type of repeat unit are known as homopolymers, while polymers containing two or more types of repeat units are known as copolymers.

On top of that, the polypropylene film itself is likely a multilayer structure of different copolymers and crystallinities, and it all turns a crappy little thing like a chip bag in to something damn hard to recycle.

The plant also produces ethylene for ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers that are used to make adhesives, foams, medical devices, photovoltaic cells, and other products, and C4 olefins for butadiene, an ingredient in synthetic rubber.

Location: Vancouver region, Canada Remote: Open to the possibility Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: PhD in materials chemistry, block copolymers, liquid crystals, lithography, self-assembly.

But there is only this remark at the end: “One challenge is to achieve long-range order using copolymers without defects over large areas,” he says.

The friction reducers are often "anionic copolymers".

This is technically correct, but it doesn't really capture the spirit of what I was saying - an arbitrary long keyboard mash of the 20 bases is a protein, most things called "copolymers" are substantially simpler.