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Methylaluminoxane: Key Component for New Polymerization
Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Walter Kaminsky and Hansjo ¨rg Sinn
Development of ansa-Metallocene Catalysts for Isotactic Olefin
Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hans H. Brintzinger and David Fischer
Syndiotactic Polypropylene: Discovery, Development,
and Industrialization via Bridged Metallocene Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Abbas Razavi
Polyolefins with Cyclic Comonomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Laura Boggioni and Incoronata Tritto
Trialkylaluminum-Free Modified Methylaluminoxane
as a Cocatalyst for Living Polymerization of Olefins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Takeshi Shiono
Novel Polyethylenes via Late Transition Metal Complex
Pre-catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wen-Hua Sun
Functional Polyolefins Through Polymerizations by Using Bis(indenyl)
Zirconium Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Jukka Seppa ¨la ¨, Esa Kokko, Petri Lehmus, Anneli Pakkanen ne ´e Malmberg,
Kimmo Hakala, Sami Lipponen, and Barbro Lo ¨fgren
Functional Polyolefins: Synthesis and Energy Storage Applications . . . . . 233
T.C. Mike Chung
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