Synthesis of branched polyethylene using (a-diimine)nickel(ii) catalysts: Influence of temperature, ethylene pressure, and ligand structure on polymer properties

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2320-2334

  Gates, Derek P ^a   Svejda, Steven A ^a   Onate, Enrique ^a   Killian, Christopher M ^a   Johnson, Lynda K ^a   White, Peter S ^a   Brookhart, Maurice ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; COMPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

HOMOPOLYMERS; LIGANDS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0033750251     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma991234+     Document Type: Article

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