Branched polymers are formed as monomer adds to the new radical site which is located along the polymer backbone.

Each 60-nanometre-long brush filament has a polymer backbone from which small molecular groups stick out.

It also has cations to balance the charge of the anions fixed to the polymer backbone.

The products are unusual examples of soluble high molecular weight polymers with transition metals in the polymer backbone.

Successive monomers along a polymer backbone are connected by bond vectors.

Aromatic groups integrated in the polymer backbone produce less smoke, likely due to significant charring.

Different methyl cellulose preparations can also differ in the average length of their polymer backbones.

The conformation's name is derived from the idea that, in the absence of specific, stabilizing interactions, a polymer backbone will "sample" all possible conformations randomly.

However, because polymers are tangled around each other, sometimes the actual polymer backbones are broken.

Interspersed between the hydrophilic channels are hydrophobic polymer backbones which provide the observed mechanical stability.