Switchable polymerization catalysts

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1969-1992

  Teator, Aaron J ^a,b   Lastovickova, Dominika N ^a,c   Bielawski, Christopher W ^b,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COMPLEXES; METALS; POLYMERIZATION;

ADVANCED SWITCHING; CATALYTICALLY-ACTIVE METALS; EXTRINSIC FORCES; MECHANOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONOMER DISCRIMINATION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; POLYMERIZATION REACTION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84963501368     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00426     Document Type: Review

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