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 …

1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF REVIEW As one milestone in the history of
polymerization chemistry, the work of Ziegler and Natta has led to the rapid …

Functional polyolefins (ie, polyethene or polypropene bearing functional groups) are highly
desired materials, due to their beneficial surface properties. Many different pathways exist …

1.1. Inspired by Nature In many enzymes, such as ureases (Figure 1), two or more metal
centers are poised in close proximity to activate both electrophilic and nucleophilic …

A dibenzobarrelene‐bridged, α‐diimine NiII catalyst (rac‐3) was synthesized and shown to
have exceptional behavior for the polymerization of ethylene. The catalyst afforded high …

50 years ago, Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery
of the catalytic polymerization of ethylene and propylene using titanium compounds and …

Diiminopyridyl metal complexes, first characterized several decades ago, found practical
application in 1998 when they were used as precatalysts in coordinative ethylene …

Conspectus For over 40 years following the polyolefin catalyst discoveries of Hogan and
Banks (Phillips) and Ziegler (Max Planck Institute), chemists traversed the periodic table …

The innovation of polyolefin with unique architecture, composition and topology continues to
inspire polymer chemists. An exciting recent direction in the polyolefin field is the design of …

Monomers possessing two functionalities suitable for polymerization are often designed and
utilized in syntheses directed to the formation of cross-linked macromolecules. In this review …