Transition‐metal‐catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar monomers represents a
challenge because of the large variety of substrate‐induced side reactions. However, this …

Research on “post‐metallocene” polymerization catalysis ranges methodologically from
fundamental mechanistic studies of polymerization reactions over catalyst design to material …

Polyethylenes enjoy wide applications due to their many superior properties. The
incorporation of some polar functional groups into the otherwise nonpolar polyethylene …

Transition metal-catalyzed olefin-polar monomer copolymerization holds great potential for
the synthesis of polar group-functionalized polyolefin materials. The dominant approach to …

1.1. General Overview Polyolefinic materials, exemplified by polyethylenes (PEs),
polypropylenes (PPs), and ethylene/R-olefin amorphous copolymers, display many notable …

The introduction of even a small amount of polar functional groups into polyolefins could
excise great control over important material properties. As the most direct and economic …

Introducing polar functional groups into widely used polyolefins can enhance polymer
surface, rheological, mixing, and other properties, potentially upgrading polyolefins for …

Self-healing materials are of fundamental interest and practical importance. Herein we
report the synthesis of a new class of self-healing materials, formed by the copolymerization …

Ethylene/polar monomer coordination copolymerization offers an attractive way of making
functionalized polyolefins. However, ethylene copolymerization with industrially relevant …

The most straightforward and potentially ideal route to produce polar-functionalized
polyethylene is direct copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers. However, access …