Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) belongs to an emerging class of high-
performance specialty polymers with a unique set of properties and applications. The field …

This review summarizes the progress of transition metal catalyzed ethylene polymerization
to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), focusing on the catalytic activities of …

The world population will rapidly grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and this will parallel a
surging annual plastics consumption from today's 350 million tons to well beyond 1 billion …

The synthesis of linear ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, with a “pseudoliving”
catalyst in various conditions results in samples of different molecular weights (M w ranging …

Polyethylene with a molecular weight greater than a million g/mol, is of increasing
commercial interest because it provides a route to make fibers and films that have …

Several homogeneous postmetallocene complexes are known to produce weakly entangled
ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (disentangled UHMWPE) under controlled …

Disentangled ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (dis‐UHMWPE) has excellent
processability but can be achieved under extreme conditions. Herein, we report ethylene …

Tailored polyethylene reactor blend additives (RB) with ultrabroad bimodal molar mass
distributions comprise nanophase-separated ultrahigh molar mass polyethylene (UHMWPE) …

Recently, it has been shown that by using a single‐site catalytic system having titanium as a
metallic center, it is possible to tailor the entanglement density in the amorphous region of a …

Shish crystals are a crucial crystal structure in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
(UHMWPE), composed of fully extended, nonentangled molecular chains, enabling the …