Reconsidering terms for mechanisms of polymer growth: the step-growth and chain-growth dilemma

The Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology (SPT, Division IV) has published a perspective article outlining concerns with the basic classification of polymer growth mechanisms, focusing on step-growth and chain-growth terminology and related terms. The article documents a history of terms and discusses the lack of consensus among textbook authors. The project invites ideas, concerns, and suggestions from the community to provide clearer, simpler terms for describing polymer growth mechanisms and their subclasses.