ionomer cluster

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.IT07215
Ionic aggregate, in a polymer matrix of low @[email protected], formed through interactions of @[email protected] multiplets.
Notes:
  1. The @[email protected] of the polymer segments surrounding the multiplets is reduced relative to that of bulk material. With increasing ion content, the @[email protected] of the @[email protected] multiplets increases, leading to overlapping of the restricted @[email protected] regions around the multiplets and the formation of clusters.
  2. Typically, an @[email protected] exhibits two @[email protected] temperatures (\(T_{\text{g}}\)), one for the non-polar matrix and the other for clusters.
Source:
PAC, 2006, 78, 2067. (Terminology of polymers containing ionizable or ionic groups and of polymers containing ions (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)) on page 2072 [Terms] [Paper]