Supported Multicomponent Single-Site α-Olefin Polymerization Catalysts

Tailor-Made Polymers: Via Immobilization of Alpha-Olefin Polymerization Catalysts

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 211-237

  Friederichs, Nic ^a   Ghalit, Nourdin ^a   Xu, Wei ^b  

^a SABIC Europe   (Netherlands)

^b SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bimodal multimodal MMD polyethylene; Concurrent tandem catalysis; Concurrent tandem oligomerization copolymerization; Long chain branching (LCB); Multicomponent catalysts for block copolymers; Multicomponent catalysts for polypropylene; Supported multicomponent catalysts; Supported single site olefin polymerization catalysts; Tailor made polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890700266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527621668.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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