Nascent disentangled UHMWPE: Origin, synthesis, processing, performances and applications

SL Wu, J Qiao, J Guan, HM Chen, T Wang… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The advent of nascent d-UHMWPE overcomes the intrinsic melting defects and crystal
boundaries within the commercial UHMWPE (C-UHMWPE) based products, and opens the …

Entanglements of macromolecules and their influence on rheological and mechanical properties of polymers

A Pawlak, J Krajenta - Molecules, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Flexible macromolecules easily become entangled with neighboring macromolecules. The
resulting network determines many polymer properties, including rheological and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the ethanol content of adduct on the Comonomer incorporation of related Ziegler–Natta catalysts in propylene (Co) polymerizations

M Mehdizadeh, F Karkhaneh, M Nekoomanesh… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work is to investigate the influence of the ethanol content of adducts on the
catalytic behavior of related Ziegler–Natta (ZN) catalysts in propylene homo-and …

Polymer chain conformations in hybrid composites of UHMWPE incorporated by GNP/MWCNT

C Fu, R Zhang, J Tian, Q Yang, P Xue… - Journal of Polymer …, 2023 - Springer
A great many of important physical/chemical properties, containing thermal behavior and
dynamic properties, are determined by polymer chain conformations. However, the cognition …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in studies of disentangled polymers and composites

A Pawlak, J Krajenta - Journal of Composites Science, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macromolecule entanglements are common in polymers. The first part of this review
describes their influence on the properties of entangled polymers. Then, methods for …

Silica-supported catalyst for the synthesis of low entangled UHMWPE suitable for solid-state processing

H Yang, S Lolage, J van der Eem, S Rastogi… - Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Different types of silica (mesoporous, spherical and nano-size particles), pre-activated with
methylaluminoxane (MAO), are used to activate and support the bis [N-(3‑tert …

Study on the effects of soluble POSS on chain disentanglement in UHMWPE polymerization

J Zhou, X Zhang, S Zhao, C Ye, Z Zhang, SW Kuo… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) was added in ultrahigh molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE) to intercalate the molecular network and produce chain …

Strategies for enhancing the processability of UHMWPE

CGC Rice, A Evans, ZR Turner, J Wattoom… - Industrial Chemistry & …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE, Mw> 106 g mol− 1) has been
prepared using slurry-phase titanium permethylindenyl-phenoxy (PHENI*) catalysts. Four …

Preparation of Weakly Entangled and Fine-sized Ultra-High-Molecular Weight Polyethylene by a MgCl2-Based Ziegler–Natta Catalyst

T Guo, Q Zhou, Y Chen, W Li, P Liang… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The preparation of ultra-high-molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) with few
entanglements and a fine particle size remains a significant problem for academia and …

Conductive and Stretchable Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites through Controlled Filler Distribution from Homogeneous to Semi …

K Amada, LTT Mai, P Chammingkwan… - ACS Applied …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Efforts to enhance the multifunctionality of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene
(UHMWPE) involve integrating nanomaterials to impart properties such as electrical and …