The first molecularly characterized isotactic polypropylene-block-polyethylene obtained via "quasi-living" insertion polymerization

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3806-3808

  Busico, Vincenzo ^a   Cipullo, Roberta ^a   Friederichs, Nic ^b   Ronca, Sara ^a   Togrou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SABIC Europe   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; EXTRAPOLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HEXENE; ISOTACTICITY; METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; QUASI LIVING INSERTION POLYMERIZATION; SCHULTZ-FLORY DISTRIBUTION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037732478     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0342527     Document Type: Article

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