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117(3):1646–1657
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(12):3907–3945
93. Ray S, Galgali G, Lele A, Sivaram S (2005) In situ polymerization of ethylene with bis
(imino)pyridine iron(II) catalysts supported on clay: The synthesis and characterization of
polyethylene–clay nanocomposites. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem 43(2):304–318
94. Shin S-YA, Simon LC, Soares JBP, Scholz G, McKenna TFL (2009) Gas-phase polymerization with transition metal catalysts supported on montmorillonite – a particle morphological
study. Macromol Symp 285(1):64–73
95. Tudor J, Willington L, O’Hare D, Royan B (1996) Intercalation of catalytically active metal
complexes in phyllosilicates and their application as propene polymerisation catalysts. Chem
Commun 17:2031–2032
96. Sun T, Garce ´s JM (2002) High-performance polypropylene–clay nanocomposites by in-situ
polymerization with metallocene/clay catalysts. Adv Mater 14(2):128–130
97. Li W, Adams A, Wang J, Blumich B, Yang Y (2010) Polyethylene/palygorskite nanocomposites:
preparation by in situ polymerization and their characterization. Polymer 51(21):4686–4697
98. Alexandre M, Dubois P, Sun T, Garces JM, Jerome R (2002) Polyethylene-layered silicate
nanocomposites prepared by the polymerization-filling technique: synthesis and mechanical
properties. Polymer 43(8):2123–2132
99. Shin S-YA, Simon LC, Soares JBP, Scholz G (2003) Polyethylene–clay hybrid
nanocomposites: in situ polymerization using bifunctional organic modifiers. Polymer 44
(18):5317–5321
100. Guo C-Y, Ke Y, Liu Y, Mi X, Zhang M, Hu Y (2009) Preparation and properties of
polyethylene/montmorillonite nanocomposites formed via ethylene copolymerization.
Polym Int 58(11):1319–1325
101. Bergman JS, Coates GW, Chen H, Giannelis EP, Thomas MG (1999) Synthesis and characterization of polyolefin–silicate nanocomposites: a catalyst intercalation and in situ polymerization approach. Chem Commun 21:2179–2180
102. Jin Y-H, Park H-J, Im S-S, Kwak S-Y, Kwak S (2002) Polyethylene/clay nanocomposite by
in-situ exfoliation of montmorillonite during Ziegler–Natta polymerization of ethylene.
Macromol Rapid Commun 23(2):135–140
103. Cui L, Tarte NH, Woo SI (2008) Effects of modified clay on the morphology and properties
of PMMA/clay nanocomposites synthesized by in situ polymerization. Macromolecules 41
(12):4268–4274
104. McDaniel MP, Jensen MD, Jayaratne K, Collins KS, Benham EA, McDaniel ND, Das PK,
Martin JL, Yang Q, Thorn MG, Masino AP (2008) Metallocene activation by solid acids. In:
Severn JR, Chadwick JC (eds) Tailor-made polymers via immobilization of alpha-olefin
polymerization catalysts. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 171–210
105. Mariott WR, Chen EYX (2003) Stereochemically controlled PMMA-exfoliated silicate
nanocomposites using intergallery-anchored metallocenium cations. J Am Chem Soc 125
(51):15726–15727
106. Mariott WR, Escude ´ NC, Chen EYX (2007) Stereoregular P(MMA)-clay nanocomposites by
metallocene catalysts: in situ synthesis and stereocomplex formation. J Polym Sci A Polym
Chem 45(13):2581–2592
107. Kaminsky W, Strubel C (1998) Hydrogen transfer reactions of supported metallocene
catalysts. J Mol Catal A Chem 128(1–3):191–200
108. Sun T, Garces JM (2003) Acidic lamellar aerogel nanoplate activated olefin polymerization
with metallocene catalysts. Catal Commun 4(3):97–100
109. Novokshonova LA, Kovaleva NY, Ushakova TM, Meshkova IN, Krasheninnikov VG,
Ladygina TA, Leipunskii IO, Zhigach AN, Kuskov ML (2005) Partially hydrolyzed
alkylaluminums as the active heterogenized components of metallocene catalysts. Kinet Catal
46(6):853–860
338
N.H. Tarte et al.