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 …

Since the pioneering advances of Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta during the early 1950s, a
continuing series of breakthroughs in research and industrial innovations have greatly …

The advent of nascent d-UHMWPE overcomes the intrinsic melting defects and crystal
boundaries within the commercial UHMWPE (C-UHMWPE) based products, and opens the …

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 …

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 …

Designing catalyst systems based on transition metal ions and activators using the
principles of green chemistry is a fundamental research goal of scientists due to the …

Chain entanglement was very important for adjusting the processability and mechanical
property of nascent ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). So far, it is still a …