Extending the High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Approach to Catalytic Olefin Polymerizations: From Catalysts to Materials

In this study, a state-of-the-art high-throughput experimentation (HTE) workflow for catalytic olefin polymerization, covering an unprecedented wide part of the polymer knowledge and value chains from synthesis all way down to “engineering” microrheology, was thoroughly assessed with respect its ability prepare new materials produce large accurate databases investigation quantitative structure–property relationships (QSPRs). Olefin blocks copolymers (OBCs) produced under chain-shuttling polymerization conditions were used as demonstration case. The results thorough microstructural, structural, mechanical, morphological, rheological characterization OBC replicas prepared HTE synthetic platform commercial sample, chosen benchmark, demonstrate robustness approach. proposed can become paradigm novel materials, thus reducing time market products. our opinion, opens door integrated artificial intelligence approaches QSPR problem solving in numerous cases which understanding theory is not sufficient deterministically unravel complexity practical applications.