Fluorenyl-containing catalysts for stereoselective propylene polymerization

Stereoselective Polymerization with Single-Site Catalysts

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  Price, Craig J ^a   Irwin, Levi J ^a   Aubry, David A ^a   Miller, Stephen A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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