polymer
n=7
10,000 Polymers
a: Polymer ~
b: string of pearls
What: "A polymer is like a string of pearls, with each individual pearl representing one monomer. Polymers typically have hundreds to thousands of copies of each monomer. In fact, natural rubber is a polymer that has over 100,000 monomers of isoprene along a single chain."
Useful?
Writer: Anne J. McNeil
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Date: May 13 2013 6:38 PM
# 3164 Critique Analogy
Not A Good Analogy, But......
a: Polymer ~
b: a Lego house
What: "A monomer is like a
Lego
building
block,
whereas a polymer is like a Lego house
.One
Lego doesn't build a house,
but by combining them you can put together a house. This is the same for
macromolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: May 13 2013 6:43 PM
# 3166 Critique Analogy
Antimicrobia Coatings
a: Polymer ~
b: the spine of a bottle brush
What: "We have a macromolecular architec-
ture that looks something like a bottle
brush. That is, the main chain of the
polymer is like the spine of a bottle
brush while the side chains that have
the antimicrobial function stick out like bristles"
Useful?
Writer: Kenneth Wynne, Ph.D.
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Date: May 13 2013 6:51 PM
# 3168 Critique Analogy
A Long Train With Many Cars.....
a: A polymer ~
b: a freight train
What: "a polymer is like a freight train with many cars. The individual cars would represent the monomers making up the polymer. If two monomers are joined then the resulting molecule is a dimer, if three monomers are linked, it's called a trimer, and so on...
Thus, life is modular or has a modular construction."
Useful?
Writer: Dr. S.G. Saupe
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Date: May 13 2013 6:35 PM
# 3163 Critique Analogy
Many Pieces Into One
a: A polymer ~
b: paper clips linked together
What: "If you think of a paperclip as a molecule, a polymer is like a long chain of paperclips." Source is unknown.
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2013 6:40 PM
# 3165 Critique Analogy
Something To Do With Plastic
a: A polymer ~
b: a big chain that connects units of molecules
What: "The key ingredients in AL-Badri's research are polymers. "A polymer is like a big chain that connects repeated units of molecules, which act like hooks. By adding different functional groups to the hooks, you can change the physical and chemical properties of the polymer. We start with a polymer material, then we functionalize it to get the properties we want.". "
Useful?
Writer: Zoha AL-Badri
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2013 6:54 PM
# 3169 Critique Analogy
a: DNA polymer ~
b: a very long string of beads
What:
"The DNA polymer is like a very long string of beads which carry the genetic code."
Useful?
Writer: Gerrard K. H. Teoh
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Date: Mar 11 2015 11:05 AM
# 7503 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.