Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/iPP multiblock polymers

Science

Volumn 355, Issue 6327, 2017, Pages 814-816

  Eagan, James M ^a   Xu, Jun ^b   Di Girolamo, Rocco ^a,c   Thurber, Christopher M ^b   Macosko, Christopher W ^b   La Pointe, Anne M ^a   Bates, Frank S ^b   Coates, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON; POLYETHYLENE; POLYOLEFIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SURFACTANT; ZIRCONIUM;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; RECYCLING; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECYCLING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85014029785     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aah5744     Document Type: Article

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