Abstract For semi-crystalline polymer materials, the difference in chain structure often leads to different physical properties; therefore, in-depth analysis of is great significance. With continuous development advanced instruments, many research means have emerged characterize molecular chains. Among them, fractionation techniques provide effectively structural information on inter- and intra...

In the present work we aim to clarify the role of the microstructure and the crystalline distribution from the thermo-oxidation of solid isotactic PP (iPP) and ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymers. The effects of the content and quality of the isotacticity interruptions, together with the associated average isotactic length, on the induction time (ti) as well as on the activation energy (Eact) of...

VistamaxxTM Specialty Elastomers are polyolefin elastomers with isotactic propylene crystallinity. These polymers contain a predominant (>80%) amount of propylene with isotactic propylene crystallinity, with the balance of the composition being ethylene and other αolefins. This new family of thermoplastic elastomers are highly elastic and exhibit excellent recovery from deformation. These polym...

A method has been developed for the quantitative determination of the composition of thermoplastic wood composites. The method involves area measurements of the two peaks in the derivative curve of a tracing produced by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of a thermoplastic composites sample in an inert atmosphere. This may involve the standard, constant heating rate-method, or the high resolu...

The introduction of single site catalysts and multiple reactor technology allows the design of new Polyolefin resins with improved properties for each particular application, and the Chemical Composition Distribution (CCD) has become the most discriminating microstructure parameter in these polymers. The proper analysis of the CCD necessarily requires a fractionation process, typically done acc...

Selected results for the synthesis of cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs)—especially copolymerizations of norbornene (NBE) or tetracyclododecene (TCD) with ethylene and α-olefins (1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-dodecene)—using group 4 transition metal (titanium and zirconium) complex catalysts have been reviewed. Half-titanocenes containing an anionic ancillary donor ligand, Cp’TiX2(Y) (Cp’ = cyclopentadien...