A Density Functional Study of Chain Growing and Chain Terminating Steps in Olefin Polymerization by Metallocene and Constrained Geometry Catalysts

Organometallics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 2252-2261

  Woo, T K ^a,b   Fan, L ^a   Ziegler, T ^b  

^a NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 10244234385     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: 15206041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om00018a019     Document Type: Article

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