Polyolefins have dominated materials technology over the last century and remain among
the most used materials, despite environmental problems have emerged and their public …

Abstract α-Diimine Ni and Pd complexes are one of the most examined late-transition
organometallics in the application of catalyzed ethylene (co) polymerization. These …

Key similarities and differences of Pd and Ni in catalytic systems are discussed. Overall, Ni
and Pd catalyze a vast number of similar C–C and C–heteroatom bond-forming reactions …

Precise synthesis of the complex polymer structure has been long-sought. In the late
transition-metal catalyzed olefin polymerization, chain walking and chain transfer are two …

The preparation of well-defined functionalized polyolefins via coordination-insertion
polymerization method is a hot topic in polymer science. Late transition organometallic …

Nickel and palladium complexes bearing “sandwich” diimine ligands with perfluorinated aryl
caps have been synthesized, characterized, and explored in ethylene polymerization …

Nickel catalysts have recently played an important role for rapidly and reliably converting
feedstock chemicals into valuable compounds of interest for both pharmaceutical and …

The development of high-performance transition metal catalysts has long been a major
driving force in academic and industrial polyolefin research. Late transition metal-based …

The nonpolar nature of polyolefins is one of their biggest limitations. Now, an efficient route
to generate polar‐functionalized, crosslinkable, self‐healing, photoresponsive polyolefins …

In this contribution, we install an azobenzene functionality in olefin polymerization catalysts
and use light to modulate their properties via photoinduced trans–cis isomerization of the …