Copolymerization of ethylene with α-olefins containing various substituents catalyzed by half-titanocenes: Factors affecting the monomer reactivities

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4585-4595

  Kakinuki, Kenichi ^a   Fujiki, Michiya ^a   Nomura, Kotohiro ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-DODECENE; 1-HEXADECENE; 1-PENTENE; CATALYST STRUCTURES; CATALYST SYSTEM; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE SPECIES; CO-MONOMER; ETHYLENE COPOLYMERIZATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS; MONOMER REACTIVITY; STERIC BULK; TITANOCENES; UNIMODAL;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPOLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHYLENE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 67650470462     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma900576v     Document Type: Article

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