Factors affecting product distributions in ethylene/styrene copolymerization by (aryloxo)(cyclopentadienyl)titanium complexes-MAO catalyst systems

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4162-4174

  Nomura, Kotohiro ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Byun, Doo Jin ^a,b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copolymerization; Ethylene; Styrene half titanocene; Titanium

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST SYSTEMS; CYCLOPENTADIENYL (CP); PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; TITANIUM(IV) COMPLEXES;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 45449088155     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.22765     Document Type: Article

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