Synthesis of Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene by Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Precipitation Polymerization

• Published in: Precision Chemistry Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 63 - 69
• Main Authors: Wang, Wenbing, Wang, Quan, Zou, Chen, Chen, Changle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Science and Technology of China and American Chemical Society 26.02.2024; American Chemical Society
• Subjects: transition metal catalysts; UHMWPE; polyolefin; precipitation polymerization; polar monomer

Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) plays an important role in many important fields as engineering plastics. In this contribution, a precipitation polymerization strategy is developed by combination of highly active phosphino-phenolate nickel catalysts with polymer-insoluble solvent (...