Exploring the scope of possible microstructures accessible from polymerization of ethylene by late transition metal single-site catalysts. A theoretical study

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 928-933

  Michalak, Artur ^a,b   Ziegler, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; PROPYLENE;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0038190858     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0258915     Document Type: Article

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