High comonomer selectivity in ethylene/hexene copolymerization by unbridged indenyl metallocenes

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3815-3820

  Dankova, Michaela ^a   Waymouth, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLINDENYL METALLOCENES; CYCLOPENTADIENYLAMINDO METALLOCENES; HEXENE; INDENYL METALLOCENES; LIGAND SUBSTITUTION;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; HAFNIUM; HYDROCARBONS; MONOMERS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ZIRCONIUM;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0037732477     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma021075l     Document Type: Article

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