Polyolefins with Long Chain Branches Made with Single-Site Coordination Catalysts: A Review of Mathematical Modeling Techniques for Polymer Microstructure

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-87

  Soares, João B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long chain branching; Metallocene catalysts; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonlinear polymers; Polyolefins

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES; TERMINAL BRANCHING;

POLYOLEFINS;

POLYOLEFIN;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0442277945     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200300350     Document Type: Review

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