Recent developments in olefin polymerizations with transition metal catalysts

Y Imanishi, N Naga - Progress in polymer science, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Discovery of effective homogeneous transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization must
be one of the most dramatic technologies for polymer synthesis in the 1980s. Especially …

A Comprehensive Review on Controlled Synthesis of Long‐Chain Branched Polyolefins: Part 1, Single Catalyst Systems

P Liu, W Liu, WJ Wang, BG Li… - Macromolecular Reaction …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polyolefins (POs) are the largest polymer product in the world. The innovation in converting
commodity olefin monomers to highly value added high‐performance POs has been and will …

Dual metallocene catalysts for polymerization of bimodal polymers

Q Yang, KC Jayaratne, MD Jensen… - US Patent …, 2009‏ - Google Patents
This invention relates to catalyst compositions, methods, and polymers encompassing at
least one first Group 4 metal locene compound comprising bridging m-cyclopentadienyl type …

Acidic activator-supports and catalysts for olefin polymerization

MD Jensen, GR Hawley, MP McDaniel, T Crain… - US Patent …, 2007‏ - Google Patents
US7294599B2 - Acidic activator-supports and catalysts for olefin polymerization - Google
Patents US7294599B2 - Acidic activator-supports and catalysts for olefin polymerization …

Polymerization catalysts for producing high molecular weight polymers with low levels of long chain branching

Q Yang, MD Jensen, JL Martin, MG Thorn… - US Patent …, 2009‏ - Google Patents
This invention relates to catalyst compositions, methods, and polymers encompassing at
least one Group 4 metallocene compound comprising bridging m-cyclopentadienyl-type …

Long-chain branching in metallocene-catalyzed polyethylenes investigated by low oscillatory shear and uniaxial extensional rheometry

A Malmberg, C Gabriel, T Steffl, H Münstedt… - …, 2002‏ - ACS Publications
This paper explores shear and extensional rheological behavior of unimodal, metallocene-
catalyzed polyethylenes with low contents of long-chain branching (LCB). The polymers …

Synthesis and characterization of long chain branched isotactic polypropylene via metallocene catalyst and T-reagent

JA Langston, RH Colby, TCM Chung, F Shimizu… - …, 2007‏ - ACS Publications
Long chain branched isotactic polypropylenes (LCBPP) prepared via the combination of rac-
Me2Si (2-Me-4-Ph-Ind) ZrCl2/MAO catalyst and ap-(3-butenyl) styrene (T-reagent) were …

Influence of type and content of various comonomers on long-chain branching of ethene/α-olefin copolymers

FJ Stadler, C Piel, K Klimke, J Kaschta… - …, 2006‏ - ACS Publications
One polyethylene and nine ethene/α-olefin copolymers differing in amount (0.4− 2.9 mol%)
and molar mass of the comonomer were characterized by NMR, SEC-MALLS, and rheology …

Triple-detector GPC characterization and processing behavior of long-chain-branched polyethylene prepared by solution polymerization with constrained geometry …

WJ Wang, S Kharchenko, K Migler, S Zhu - Polymer, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Fourteen long-chain branched (LCB) polyethylene (PE) samples were prepared by a
constrained geometry catalyst. The PE samples had average branching frequencies of 0.06 …

Dual metallocene catalysts for polymerization of bimodal polymers

Q Yang, KC Jayaratne, MD Jensen… - US Patent …, 2011‏ - Google Patents
This invention relates to catalyst compositions, methods, and polymers encompassing at
least one first Group 4 metal locene compound comprising bridging m-cyclopentadienyl type …