Living polymerization of olefins with ansa-dimethylsilylene(fluorenyl) (amido)dimethyltitanium-based catalysts

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-351

  Shiono, Takeshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 alkene; cycloolefin copolymer; living polymerization; norbornene; propene; single site catalyst; syndiospecific polymerization

Indexed keywords

1-ALKENES; CYCLOOLEFIN COPOLYMERS; NORBORNENES; PROPENE; SINGLE-SITE CATALYST; SYNDIOSPECIFIC POLYMERIZATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE;

LIVING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79953715379     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.13     Document Type: Review

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