Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene: Catalysis, structure, properties, processing and applications

K Patel, SH Chikkali, S Sivaram - Progress in polymer science, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Post-metallocene catalysts for the synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene: Recent advances

AA Antonov, KP Bryliakov - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the progress of transition metal catalyzed ethylene polymerization
to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), focusing on the catalytic activities of …

Single-site organozirconium catalyst embedded in a metal–organic framework

RC Klet, S Tussupbayev, J Borycz… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A structurally well-defined mesoporous Hf-based metal–organic framework (Hf-NU-1000) is
employed as a well-defined scaffold for a highly electrophilic single-site d0 Zr–benzyl …

Chain entanglements and interlamellar links in isotactic polybutene-1: The effect of condis crystals and crystallization temperature

Y Qin, W Song, M Chen, V Litvinov, Y Men - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chain entanglements, which reside in the amorphous phase of semicrystalline polymers,
influence many macroscopic properties of polymers. There are different opinions about the …

Influence of Molecular Weight and Entanglement Density on the Creep Response of the Uniaxially Drawn Tapes of dis-UHMWPE

RP Gote, J van der Eem, J Zhao, S Lolage… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Unprecedented mechanical properties in linear UHMWPE using a heterogeneous catalytic system

RP Gote, D Romano, J van der Eem, J Zhao… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Several homogeneous postmetallocene complexes are known to produce weakly entangled
ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (disentangled UHMWPE) under controlled …

Time-domain NMR in polyolefin research

V Litvinov, Y Men - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyethylene's and polypropylenes are most studied polymers by different solid-state NMR
methods. Among various NMR methodologies used, time-domain proton NMR (TD-NMR) …

Access to disentangled ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene via a binuclear synergic effect

Z Zhang, X Kang, Y Jiang, Z Cai, S Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disentangled ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (dis‐UHMWPE) has excellent
processability but can be achieved under extreme conditions. Herein, we report ethylene …

Entanglement formation mechanism in the POSS modified heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalysts

Y Chen, P Liang, Z Yue, W Li, C Dong, B Jiang… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Molecular structure, phase composition, melting behavior, and chain entanglements in the amorphous phase of high-density polyethylenes

V Litvinov, R Deblieck, C Clair… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A methodology for estimating the entanglement density in the amorphous phase of
semicrystalline polyolefins was developed. The method is based on the analysis of the …