Title:	Metal Catalysts in Olefin Polymerization
Authors:	Edmund M. Carnahan T. Diesner Vernon C. Gibson Brian L. Goodall Phillip D. Hustad Koji Kawai Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Chris S. Popeney C. Troll Zhibin Guan Terunori Fujita Roger L. Kuhlman Tomislav Pintauer Guan, Zhibin
Keywords:	Metal Catalysts in Olefin Polymerization
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	Billions of pounds of polyolefins are produced annually. Through a simple insertion reaction, inexpensive and abundant olefins are transformed into polymeric materials for a wide range of applications, including plastics, fibers, and elastomers. Despite its long history, the polyolefin industry is continuing to grow steadily and remains technologically driven because of continuous discoveries of new catalysts, proc- esses, and applications. The key technology that continues to drive the polyolefin industry is transition metal catalyzed polymerization. The discovery of the Ziegler– Natta catalysts in the 1950s not only revolutionized polyolefin production, but also catalyzed the development of the entire organometallic chemistry field. The next milestone in olefin polymerization catalysis was the development of metallocene catalysts in the 1980s. Whereas the Ziegler–Natta and metallocene catalysts remain as the workhorse in the polyolefin industry, the last decade has witnessed a number of major breakthroughs in the development of non-metallocene catalysts, including late transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerizations. These new systems show many exciting features, including high catalytic efficiency, excellent control of polyolefin stereoregularity and branching topology, and most excitingly the toler- ance and incorporation of functional olefins.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/76564
ISBN:	978-3-540-87751-6
Appears in Collections:	Chemistry

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