Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

'Catalyst+ X'strategies for transition metal-catalyzed olefin-polar monomer copolymerization

C Tan, M Chen, C Chen - Trends in Chemistry, 2023‏ - cell.com
Transition metal-catalyzed olefin-polar monomer copolymerization holds great potential for
the synthesis of polar group-functionalized polyolefin materials. The dominant approach to …

A general strategy for heterogenizing olefin polymerization catalysts and the synthesis of polyolefins and composites

C Zou, G Si, C Chen - Nature Communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
The heterogenization of homogeneous metal complexes on solid supports presents an
efficient strategy for bridging homogeneous catalysts with industrially-preferred …

Rapid atom-efficient polyolefin plastics hydrogenolysis mediated by a well-defined single-site electrophilic/cationic organo-zirconium catalyst

AH Mason, A Motta, A Das, Q Ma, MJ Bedzyk… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Polyolefins comprise a major fraction of single-use plastics, yet their catalytic deconstruction/
recycling has proven challenging due to their inert saturated hydrocarbon connectivities …

Synthesis of polar-functionalized isotactic polypropylenes using commercial heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalyst

Y Wang, Q Wang, C Tan, C Chen - Journal of the American …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The efficient synthesis of polar-functionalized polypropylenes with high molecular weight
and high stereoregularity represents a challenging task. This challenge becomes even more …

An ionic cluster strategy for performance improvements and product morphology control in metal-catalyzed olefin–polar monomer copolymerization

C Tan, C Zou, C Chen - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Product morphology control represents a critical challenge for polyolefin production, but it
has remained largely unexplored in the field of ethylene–polar monomer copolymerization …

A co-anchoring strategy for the synthesis of polar bimodal polyethylene

C Zou, Q Wang, G Si, C Chen - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Since polar groups can poison the metal centers in catalysts, the incorporation of polar
comonomers usually comes at the expense of catalytic activity and polymer molecular …

Outer‐shell self‐supported nickel catalysts for the synthesis of polyolefin composites

J Li, D Peng, C Tan, C Chen - … Chemie International Edition, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In situ heterogeneous olefin polymerization has attracted much attention for the synthesis of
polyolefin composites. However, the complicated syntheses of specially designed catalysts …

Hydrogen‐bonding‐induced heterogenization of nickel and palladium catalysts for copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers

H Zhang, C Zou, H Zhao, Z Cai, C Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The practical synthesis of polar‐functionalized polyolefins using transition‐metal‐catalyzed
copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers is a challenge; the use of heterogeneous …

Heterogenization strategies for nickel catalyzed synthesis of polyolefins and composites

C Zou, C Tan, C Chen - Accounts of Materials Research, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Polyolefin is one of the most common synthetic polymers. However, most
polyolefins are nonpolar materials, which leads to poor compatibility with polar materials …