Polyolefins are a multibillion dollar a year industry with worldwide production in excess of
160 billion pounds and polyethylene alone in excess of 100 billion pounds. Despite this size …

Staudinger predicted a correlation between the physical properties of a polymer and its main-
chain stereochemistry as early as 1929. 1 However it was not until 1947 that Schildknecht …

The evolution of olefin polymerization systems over the last 45 years has involved a prolific
coupling of polymer science with organometallic chemistry. 1-4 Successes include the …

Functional polyolefins (ie, polyethene or polypropene bearing functional groups) are highly
desired materials, due to their beneficial surface properties. Many different pathways exist …

A dibenzobarrelene‐bridged, α‐diimine NiII catalyst (rac‐3) was synthesized and shown to
have exceptional behavior for the polymerization of ethylene. The catalyst afforded high …

Conspectus Polymers play a crucial role in our modern life as no other material exists that is
so versatile, moldable, and lightweight. Consequently, the demand for polymers will …

Glass fibers (GF) are the reinforcement agent most used in polypropylene (PP) based
composites, as they have good balance between properties and costs. However, their final …

The functionalization of polyolefins has long been an industrially important yet scientifically
challenging research subject ever since the commercialization of polyethylene (PE) and …

Polyolefins are the most widely used commercial polymers and their functionalization has
been a long standing scientific challenge and an industrially important area. In recent …

Stereoselective coordination/insertion polymerization of the polar ortho‐methoxystyrene has
been achieved for the first time by using the cationic β‐diketiminato rare‐earth‐metal …