The outstandingly rapid scientific and technological development of metallocene-based
catalysts for olefin polymerization is a perfect example of the successful application of …

In coordination polymerization chemistry, the most active species are cationic transition
metals which bear vacant sites for monomer coordination. The steric and electronic …

Cyclic olefin copolymers are one of the new families of olefinic copolymers made available
by metallocenes. Owing to their unique combination of properties, they are engineered …

Metallocene-catalyzed polymerization of 1-alkenes offers fine control of critical polymer
attributes such as molecular weight, polydispersity, tacticity, and comonomer incorporation …

A family of three group IV based diamine bis (phenolate) catalysts,[M {2, 2ʹ-(OC 6 H 2-4, 6-t
Bu 2) 2 NHC 2 H 4 NH}(O i Pr) 2](M= Ti (Cat1), Zr (Cat2), and Hf (Cat3)) were synthesized …

The kinetics of propene polymerization catalyzed by ansa-metallocenes were studied using
quenched-flow techniques. Two catalyst systems were investigated,(SBI) ZrMe2/Al i …

Chromophore quench-labeling applied to 1-octene polymerization as catalyzed by hafnium-
pyridyl amido precursors enables quantification of the amount of active catalyst and …

The synthesis of olefin block copolymers and stereoblock polymers in the presence of
Ziegler− Natta (and related) catalysts is a long-standing important industrial target, in view of …

Detailed kinetics of metallocene-catalyzed alkene polymerization reactions are elusive but
essential to understanding the mechanism of these important industrial processes. 1 As …

This review gives an overview of approaches and techniques used for the assessment of
active sites count in homogeneous group 4 metal single-site α-olefin polymerization. The …