Syntheses and catalytic activities of single-wall carbon nanotubes-supported nickel (II) metallacarboranes for olefin polymerization

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 67, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 1218-1222

  Yinghuai, Zhu ^a   Sia, Shirley Lo Pei ^a   Carpenter, Keith ^a   Kooli, Fethi ^a   Kemp, Richard A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b ADVANCED MATERIALS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Organometallic compounds; B. Chemical synthesis; D. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ETHANOL; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR); OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33745033010     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2006.01.072     Document Type: Article

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