Recycling mixed polyolefin plastics is a significant challenge due to the limitations in sorting
and degraded mechanical properties of blends. Nonreactive compatibilization by adding a …

Polymers”, indicating that branching is of similar importance in the world of synthetic
macromolecules as it is in nature. The significance of branched macromolecules has …

Structurally different from existing polyethylene grades, hyperbranched polyethylenes
(HBPEs) synthesized by Pd–diimine-catalyzed chain walking polymerization represent a …

A number of transition metal catalysts including early and late transition metals have been
investigated for olefin polymerization and copolymerization. Progress of the field in this …

The aim of this study is to revisit the characterization of entanglement density in polyethylene
melts by studying a series of well-defined, high molecular weight polyethylene materials via …

Polyolefins (POs) are the largest polymer product in the world. The innovation in converting
commodity olefin monomers to highly value added high‐performance POs has been and will …

Recently developed chain walking (CW) catalysis is an elegant approach to produce
materials with controllable structure and properties. However, there is still a lack in …

Catalysis continues to spark new imagination and excitement of synthetic chemists.
Discovery of new catalytic processes often makes seemingly impossible transformations …

Chain-walking (CW) catalysis applied to α-olefin polymerization gives rise to structurally
unparalleled macromolecules with diverse topological and rheological properties. The …

We demonstrate in this article the facile synthesis of a novel range of “treelike” polyethylene
block polymers constructed uniquely with chain blocks of hybrid hyperbranched− linear …