By making polymers whose central blocks have a range of lengths, materials have been prepared that contain separate, intermeshed domains extending throughout the material — a highly desirable structure.
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Register, R. Continuity through dispersity. Nature 483, 167–168 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/483167a
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