Olefin Polymerization Book

Preface   W. Kaminsky
New Catalysts and Cocatalysts
Ansa-Metallocenes by Intramolecular Ring Closure Reactions - Syntheses and Applications   Gerhard Erker     1
Metallocene Catalysts for Olefin Oligomerization   Christoph Janiak   Frederik Blank     14
Syndiospecific Polymerization Catalysts for Styrene Based on Rare Earth Metal Half-Sandwich Complexes   Julia Hitzbleck   Klaus Beckerle   Jun Okuda   Tobias Halbach   Rolf Mulhaupt     23
Novel Initiators for Thermally and UV-Triggered ROMP   Yan Zhang   Dongren Wang   Peter Lonnecke   Thomas Scherzer   Michael R. Buchmeiser     30
Single-Site Organochromium Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterisation by Paramagnetic NMR and Olefin Polymerisation   Markus Enders     38
Activation of Metallacyclopropenes, five-membered Metallacyclocumulenes and Metallacyclopentynes of Zirconium with [superscript i]BU[subscript 2] AlH   Vladimir V. Burlakov   Marc A. Bach   Marcus Klahn   Perdita Arndt   Wolfgang Baumann   Anke Spannenberg   Uwe Rosenthal     48
[superscript 19]F NMR Investigations of the Reaction of B(C[subscript 6]F[subscript 5])[subscript 3] with Different Tri(alkyl)aluminum Compounds   Christoph Janiak   Paul-GerhardLassahn     54
Kinetics, Mechanism, and Polymer Reaction Engineering
Methylalumoxane (MAO)-Derived MeMAO[superscript -] Anions in Zirconocene-Based Polymerization Catalyst Systems - A UV-Vis Spectroscopic Study   Ulrich Wieser   Frank Schaper   Hans-Herbert Brintzinger     63
Solvent-Ligated Transition Metal Complexes as Initiators for the Polymerization of Isobutene   Oskar Nuyken   Mario Vierle   Fritz E. Kuhn   Yanmei Zhang     69
Microkinetic Videomicroscopic Analysis of the Olefin-Copolymerization with Heterogeneous Catalysts   Daniela Ferrari   Stefan Knoke   Bernd Tesche   Gerhard Fink     78
Metal Complexes for the Vinyl Addition Polymerization of Norbornene: New Compound Classes and Activation Mechanism with B(C[subscript 6]F[subscript 5])[subscript 3]/A1Et[subscript 3]   Christoph Janiak   Paul-Gerhard Lassahn   Vasile Lozan     88
Anion Influence in Metallocene-based Olefin Polymerisation Catalysts   Polly A. Wilson   Mark H. Hannant   Joseph A. Wright   Roderick D. Cannon   Manfred Bochmann     100
Living Olefin Polymerisation and Block Copolymer Synthesis in the Presence of a Single-site Catalyst Containing a Phenoxyimine Ligand   Marc-Stephan Weiser   Rolf Mulhaupt      111
Synthesis of Very Small Polymer Particles by Catalytic Polymerization in Aqueous Systems   Stefan Mecking   Vincent Monteil   Johannes Huber   Ludmila Kolb   Peter Wehrmann     117
Tandem Copolymerization: An Effective Control of the Level of Branching and Molecular Weight Distribution   Marco Frediani   Christian Piel   Walter Kaminsky   Claudio Bianchini   Luca Rosi     124
Using the Transfer Function of an Isoperibolic Reaction Calorimeter for Thermo-kinetic Analysis   Arnd-Luder Gaulke   Werner Pauer   Hans-Ulrich Moritz     134
Synthesis of Special Polymers
New Polyolefin Nanocomposites and Catalyst Supports Based on Organophilic Boehmites   Rainer Xalter   Tobias S. Halbach   Rolf Mulhaupt     145
Control of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polypropene Microstructures via Asymmetric "Dual-Side" Catalysts   C. Cobzaru   B. Rieger     151
Ethylene/1,3-Cyclohexadiene Copolymerization by Means of Methylaluminoxane Activated Half-Sandwich Complexes   Dirk E. Heiser   Frederic Pelascini   Dominic Kramer   Jennifer Scott   Sandro Gambarotta   Jennifer McCahill   Douglas W. Stephan   Jun Okuda   Rolf Mulhaupt     156
Direct Copolymerization of Propene and Ethene-based Macromers to Produce Long Chain Branched Syndiotactic Polypropene   S. Rulhoff   W. Kaminsky     161
New Materials Designed by Coordination Polymerization of w-undecenyl Macromonomers   Frederic Peruch   Edgar Catari   Said Zahraoui   Francois Isel   Pierre Joseph Lutz     168
Coordination Homopolymerization of w-undecenyl Poly(styrene-block-isoprene) Macromonomers in the Presence of CGC-Ti/MAO Complexes   Edgar Catari   Frederic Peruch   Francois Isel   Pierre Joseph Lutz     177
PP/PMMA Block Copolymers by Combination of ATRP and Metallocene Catalysis   Albrecht Dix   Saija Ptacek   Sven Poser   Manfred Arnold     186
Synthesis of Copolymers with Sterically Hindered and Polar Monomers   Matthias Donner   Mercia Fernandes   Walter Kaminsky     193
Polymerization of Polar Monomers Using Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of the Alkaline Earth Metals   Alexandra Steffens   Herbert Schumann     203
Characterization of Polyolefins
Rheological Characterization of Long-chain Branched Polyethylenes and Comparison with Classical Analytical Methods   Florian J. Stadler   Christian Piel   Walter Kaminsky   Helmut Munstedt      209
The Rheology of Linear and Long-chain Branched Polymer Melts   Manfred H. Wagner     219
Characterization of Branched Polyolefins by High Temperature GPC Utilizing Function Specific Detectors   K. Tribe   G. Saunders   R. Meissner     228
Sorption Studies of Propylene in Polypropylene Polymerized with Novel Ziegler-Natta-Catalysts in Liquid and Gas Phase   M. Patzlaff   A. Wittebrock   K.-H. Reichert     235
The Study of Cavitation in HDPE Using Time Resolved Synchrotron X-ray Scattering During Tensile Deformation   K. Schneider   S. Trabelsi   N.E. Zafeiropoulos   R. Davies   Chr. Riekel   M. Stamm     241
Morphology Evolution in the Early Stages of Olefin Polymerization   Xuejing Zheng   Joachim Loos     249