Polyolefin thermoplastic elastomers from polymerization catalysis: Advantages, pitfalls and future challenges

G Zanchin, G Leone - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyolefins have dominated materials technology over the last century and remain among
the most used materials, despite environmental problems have emerged and their public …

FI Catalysts for olefin polymerization A comprehensive treatment

H Makio, H Terao, A Iwashita, T Fujita - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
1.1. General Overview Polyolefinic materials, exemplified by polyethylenes (PEs),
polypropylenes (PPs), and ethylene/R-olefin amorphous copolymers, display many notable …

Direct synthesis of thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers from nickel-catalyzed ethylene polymerization

K Lian, Y Zhu, W Li, S Dai, C Chen - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
As a promising alternative to thermoset elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have
attracted much attention because of their unique properties, including processability …

Synthesis of polyolefin elastomers from unsymmetrical α-diimine nickel catalyzed olefin polymerization

J Fang, X Sui, Y Li, C Chen - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to a unique chain walking process, α-diimine nickel catalysts produce variously
branched polyolefins using only ethylene as the feedstock. Ligand structures and …

Heterogeneous nickel catalysts for the synthesis of ethylene-based polyolefin elastomers

Z Bi, J Zhou, N Zhu, D Peng, C Chen - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ethylene-based polyolefin elastomers (EPOEs) represent a novel class of polyolefin material
prepared using ethylene as the only feedstock and bear comparable mechanical and elastic …

Chemically crosslinked crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer with good elasticity and improved thermo-mechanical properties

Y Zhao, Y Ma, Y **ong, T Qin, Y Zhu, H Deng, J Qin… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to mechanical α-relaxation process, olefin block copolymer (OBC) has a limited heat
resistance and thermo-mechanical property. In this work, peroxide-induced melt crosslinking …

Ni (II) α-diimine-catalyzed α-olefins polymerization: thermoplastic elastomers of block copolymers

G Leone, M Mauri, F Bertini, M Canetti, D Piovani… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The polymerization of ethylene with late transition metal complexes typically provides highly
branched amourphous poly (ethylene) s through a chain-walking mechanism, while the …

One-step reactive processing of vitrimeric thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer with greatly improved thermo-mechanical property

Y Zhao, J Li, Y Ma, Y Wang, C Jiang, H Yan, R Hao… - Polymer, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemically crosslinking can enhance mechanical strength, dimensional stability and heat-
resistance of thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers. However, chemically crosslinked …

Difunctional olefin block copolymer/paraffin form-stable phase change materials with simultaneous shape memory property

Q Zhang, J Feng - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel sort of form-stable phase change materials (FSPCMs) which possesses
simultaneously the shape memory function was designed and prepared. The FSPCMs …

Vitrimers of polyolefin elastomer with physically cross-linked network

WY Wang, XJ Zha, RY Bao, K Ke, ZY Liu… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Springer
Dynamics of exchange within vitrimer networks are influenced by mobility of the chemical
species involved in the exchange reaction, then it can be affected by the crystalline phase …