Intrinsic branching effects in syndiotactic copolymers of propylene and higher α-olefins

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5662-5668

  Schwerdtfeger, Eric D ^a   Miller, Stephen A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; MELTING POINT; PROPYLENE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMONOMER; EPIMERIZATION; METHYLALUMINOXANE; MOLAR FRACTION; SYNDIOSELECTIVE CATALYSTS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34548042079     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma070060q     Document Type: Article

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