On the way to improve the environmental benignity of chemical processes: Novel catalysts for a polymerization process

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Rach, Silvana F ^a   Kühn, Fritz E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymerization; Solvent ligands; Transition metals; Weakly coordinating anions

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLENE; METAL COMPLEXES; NEGATIVE IONS; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENIGNITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NON-CHLORINATED SOLVENTS; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; WEAKLY COORDINATING ANIONS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 77955802432     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1010035     Document Type: Review

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