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Chemical Communications

Highly dispersed clay–polyolefin nanocomposites free of compatibilizers, via the in situpolymerization of α-olefins by clay-supported catalysts†

Susannah L. Scott,*abc   Brian C. Peoples,ab   Cathleen Yung,a   René S. Rojas,ab   Vikram Khanna,ad   Hironari Sano,e   Toru Suzukie  and  Fumihiko Shimizue  

* Corresponding authors

a Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
E-mail: sscott@engr.ucsb.edu
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b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

c Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

d Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

e Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Science and Technology Research Center, 1000 Kamoshida-Cho, Aoba-Ku, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

In situ polymerization by certain transition metal catalysts supported on and activated by acid-treated montmorillonite produces well-dispersed clay–polyolefin nanocomposites, without requiring either organic surfactants to be present in the clay phase or modification of the polyolefin structure.

Graphical abstract: Highly dispersed clay–polyolefin nanocomposites free of compatibilizers, via the in situpolymerization of α-olefins by clay-supported catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B718241D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Nov 2007
Accepted
27 Jun 2008
First published
25 Jul 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4186-4188

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Highly dispersed clay–polyolefin nanocomposites free of compatibilizers, via the in situpolymerization of α-olefins by clay-supported catalysts

S. L. Scott, B. C. Peoples, C. Yung, R. S. Rojas, V. Khanna, H. Sano, T. Suzuki and F. Shimizu, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4186 DOI: 10.1039/B718241D

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