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Efficient synthesis of thermoplastic elastomeric amorphous ultra-high molecular weight atactic polypropylene (UHMWaPP)

Clement G. Collins Rice, Jean‐Charles Buffet, Zoë R. Turner, Dermot O’Hare

Polymer Chemistry · 2022 · 11 citations · 64 references

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Abstract

The synthesis of amorphous ultra-high molecular weight atactic polypropylene (UHMWaPP), with molecular weights ( M w ) up to 2.0 MDa and narrow polydispersities is reported using remarkably efficient permethylindenyl-phenoxy (PHENI*) titanium complexes.

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