Metallocene-Catalyzed Polymers brings together—for the first time—work from dozens of world-renowned experts on the subject of metallocene catalysts.

Fifty chapters of peer-reviewed content offer insights into applications in automotive components, food packaging, insulating films, non-woven fabrics and medical markets, among others.

Contents:

Materials
• Economic Factors for the Production of Metallocene and Perfluorinated Boron Cocatalysts
• Polypropylene Reinvented - Cost of Using Metallocene Catalysts
• New Approaches for Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for Polypropylene
• UNIPOL® Gas Phase Copolymerization with SSC Metallocene Technology
• High-Molecular-Weight Atactic Polypropylene from Metallocene Catalysts. Influence of Ligand Structure and Polymerization Conditions on Molecular Weight
• Homo- and Co-polymers Derived from Multicyclic Olefin Monomers: The Quest for Higher T_g Materials
• The Renaissance in Polyolefin Manufacturing Technology
• Mixed Metallocenes for Designer Polymers
• Advances in the Functionalized Polyolefins Synthesis and Applications
• SPS Crystalline Polymer: A New Metallocene-catalyzed Styrene Engineering Thermoplastic
• Ethylene/a-olefin Copolymers with Metallocene Catalysts in High Pressure Process
• Semicrystalline Polyolefins - Narrow MWD and Long Chain Branching: Best of Both Worlds
• Structure and Properties of Single Site Constrained Geometry Ethylene-Propylene-Diene, EPDM, Elastomers
• Enhancing Polyethylene Performance with INSITE® Technology and Molecular Design

Properties

• Morphological Investigation on Very Low Density Ethylene-Octene Metallocene Copolymers Using SAXS
• Further Studies on Metallocene ULDPE/PP Blends Impact-Morphology Relationships
• Morphology of Low to Very Low Density Ethylene-Octene Metallocene Copolymers
• Morphological Studies of Metallocene Plastomer Modified Polypropylenes
• Comparison of the Crystallization Behavior of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalyzed Isotactic Polypropylene
• Explaining the Transient Behaviors of Syndiotactic Polypropylene
• Equilibrium Melting Temperatures of Ethylene Copolymers: An Appraisal of the Applicability of the Flory and Sanchez-Eby Approaches
• Melt Rheology and Processability of Ethylene/Styrene Interpolymers
• Characterizing the Melt Relaxation Behavior of Metallocene Polyethylenes
• Studies on the Thermal Stability and Processability of Syndiotactic Polystyrene
• The Performance of Primary and Secondary Antioxidants in Polyolefins Produced with Metallocene Catalysts. Part 1. Preliminary Studies Comparing m-Syndiotactic and Isotactic Polypropylenes
• Metallocene Plastomer Modification of Clear Polypropylene for Impact Enhancement
• Frictional Behavior of Polyethylenes with respect to Density and Melting Characteristics
• Crystallinity Dependence of Modulus and Yield Properties in Polyethylenes

Processing

• Processing Characteristics of Metallocene Propylene Homopolymers
• Performance - Property of Novel Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Compounds and Their Applications
• Injection Molding of Glass Fiber Reinforced Syndiotactic Polystyrene
• Injection Molding Optimization Procedures for Polyolefin Plastomers and Elastomers
• Potential Film Applications of Metallocene-based Propylene Polymers with Exxpol® Catalysis
• Effect of Various Polyethylene Structures on Film Extrusion
• An Innovative Approach to Understand Metallocene Based Polyolefins and Thermoplastic Resins for Film Applications
• Extrusion Behavior of Exxpol Metallocene Polypropylene
• The Effects of Long Chain Branching on the Processing-Structure-Property Behavior of Polyethylene Blown Film Resins
• Spherilene Process LLDPE for Conventionally Blown Shrink Film
• Blown Film Characterization of Metallocene Resins Made in the Phillips Slurry Loop Process
• Comparison of the Fiber-Spinning Properties of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalyzed Polypropylene
• Metallocene Linear Low Density Polyethylene Blends for Pouch Materials in High-Speed Hot-Liquid Filling Process
• Blends of SIS Block Copolymers with Ultralow Density Polyethylenes
• Preparation of Metallocene Plastomer Modified High Flow Thermoplastic Olefins

Markets

• Metallocene Capabilities Drive Success of Innovative Packaging Manufacturer
• Impact of Technology on Global Polyethylene Technology
• Impact of Metallocene Based Polypropylene on Existing Polypropylene Technologies and Markets
• New Polyethylenes for Targeted Performance Based Applications

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