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from catalytic emulsion polymerization. Macromol Symp 239:1–6
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syndiotactic poly(propylene)/carbon nanofiber and nanotube composites prepared by in situ
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112. Kaminsky W, Funck A (2008) In situ polymerization of olefins with nanoparticles by
metallocene-catalysis. Macromol Symp 260:1–8
113. Bonduel D, Mainil M, Alexandre M, Monteverde F, Dubois P (2005) Supported coordination
polymerization: a unique way to potent polyolefin carbon nanotube nanocomposites. Chem
Comm 2005(6):781–783
114. Bonduel D, Bredeau S, Alexandre M, Monteverde F, Dubois P (2007) Supported metallocene
catalysis as an efficient tool for the preparation of polyethylene/carbon nanotube
nanocomposites: effect of the catalytic system on the coating morphology. J Mater Chem
17:2359–2366
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nanotubes as a ligand in Cp 2 ZrCl 2 -based ethylene polymerization. Macromol Rapid Commun
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116. Tong X, Liu C, Cheng H-M, Zhao H, Yang F, Zhang X (2004) Surface modification of singlewalled carbon nanotubes with polyethylene via in situ Ziegler–Natta polymerization. J Appl
Polym Sci 92:3697–3700
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Kim Y-J, Kim KS, Ozyilmaz B, Ahn J-H, Hong BH, Iijima S (2010) Roll-to-roll production
of 30-inch graphene films for transparent electrodes. Nat Nano 5:574–578
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applications. Science 297:787–792
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properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Science 282:95–98
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regular arrays of carbon nanotubes and their field emission properties. Science 283:512–514
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Phys Rev Lett 97:187401
123. Geim AK (2009) Graphene: status and prospects. Science 324:1530–1534
124. Geim AK, Novoselov KS (2007) The rise of graphene. Nat Mater 6:183–191
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Firsov AA (2004) Electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films. Science 306:666–669
126. Ren ZF, Huang ZP, Xu JW, Wang JH, Bush P, Siegal MP, Provencio PN (1998) Synthesis of
large arrays of well-aligned carbon nanotubes on glass. Science 282:1105–1107
127. Saito S (1997) Carbon nanotubes for next-generation electronics devices. Science 278:77–78
128. Allen MJ, Tung VC, Kaner RB (2010) Honeycomb carbon: a review of graphene. Chem Rev
110:132–145
129. Ishigami M, Chen JH, Cullen WG, Fuhrer MS, Williams ED (2007) Atomic structure of
graphene on SiO 2 . Nano Lett 7:1643–1648
130. Eda G, Fanchini G, Chhowalla M (2008) Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene
oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material. Nat Nano 3:270–274
Polyolefin Nanocomposites and Hybrid Catalysts
305