Ziegler Catalysts: Recent Scientific Innovations and Technological Improvements

1. Karl Ziegler-The Last Alchemist.- 2. Patent Right Aspects in Connection with Four Decades of Ziegler Catalysts.- 3. Novel Polyolefin Materials and Processes: Overview and Prospects.- 4. The Role of MAO-Activators.- 5. New Isotactic Polypropylenes via Metallocene Catalysts.- 6. Isospecific Pseudo-Helical Zirconocenium Catalysts.- 7. Manipulation of the Ligand Structure as an Effective and Versatile Tool for Modification of Active Site Properties in Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalyst Systems.- 8. Polymerization of Phenyl Substituted Cyclic Olefins with Metallocene/Aluminoxane Catalysts.- 9. The Relationship Between Kinetics and Mechanisms.- 10. Binuclear Titanocene and Zirconocene Cations with µ-Cl and µ-Ch3-Bridges in Metallocene-Based Ziegler-Natta Catalyst Systems—Solution-NMR Studies.- 11. Advances in Ziegler Catalysts.- 12. Stereochemistry of Polymerization of Some ?-Olefins in the Presence of Ziegler-Type Catalysts.- 13. Models for the Explanation of the Stereospecific Behavior of Ziegler-Natta Catalysts.- 14. Forcefield Calculations on Zirconocene Compounds.- 15. Theoretical Studies on Olefin Polymerization Using Group 4 Metallocene Catalysts.- 16. A Combined Density Functional and Molecular Mechanics Study on Olefin Polymerization by Metallocene Catalysts.- 17. Olefin Polymerization with Single Component Organoscandium and Organoyttrium Catalysts.- 18. Heterogeneous Metallocene Catalysts.- 19. Kinetic Studies on Propene Polymerization Using Magnesium Dichloride Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts.- 20. Gas Phase Polymerization of Olefins with Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene/Aluminoxane Catalysts: a Comparison.- 21. The Microreactor Model-Guideline for PE-HD Process and Product Development.- 22. The Activation of Supported Vanadium Catalysts in EthylenePolymerization.- 23. Advances in Propylene Polymerization with MgCl2 Supported Catalysts.- 24. Effects of Electron Donors in Super High Activity Catalysts for Polypropylene.- 25. Stereo- and Enantioselective Polymerization of Olefins with Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts.- 26. Enantiomorphic Sites and Stereospecific Polymerizations of Chiral 1-Olefins.- 27. Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Functionalized Polymers via Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization.- 28. Palladium Catalyzed Copolymerization of Carbon Monoxide with Olefins to Alternating Polyketons and Polyspiroketals.- 29. Breakthrough in Acetylene Polymerization.

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