Quantification of active sites in single-site group 4 metal olefin polymerization catalysis

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Volumn 386, Issue , 2019, Pages 50-68

  Desert, Xavier ^a   Carpentier, Jean François ^a   Kirillov, Evgueni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Active sites count; Group 4 metals; Kinetic studies; Single site catalysis; Olefin polymerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061124154     PISSN: 00108545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.01.025     Document Type: Review

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