Ethylene/styrene copolymerisation by homogeneous metallocene catalysts: Experimental and molecular simulations using rac-ethylenebis(tetrahydroindenyl) MCl2 [M=Ti,Zr] systems

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 9029-9038

  Exposito, M T ^a   Martinez S ^a   Ramos, J ^a   Cruz, V ^b   Lopez, M ^c   Muoz Escalona A ^a   Haider, N ^a   Martinez Salazar J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC Centro Tecnico de Informatica CTI   (Spain)

^c REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

DFT methods; Ethylene styrene copolymerisation; Metallocene catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; REACTOR FEEDS;

STYRENE;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; MONOMER; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; STYRENE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 9244242041     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.10.059     Document Type: Article

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