Ropes of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) are replacing steel wires in many applications and nondestructive testing to monitor their condition is scientific commercial interest. In this work, wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) combined with linear discriminant analysis (LDA) proposed as classification method distinguish between healthy damaged UHMWPE ropes. Healthy (as produced...

Catalytic polymerization in compartmentalized aqueous or non-aqueous media, respectively, with functional-group tolerant Ni(ii) catalysts yields low-entangled UHMWPE.