Production of Polyolefins by Metallocene Catalysts and Their Recycling by Pyrolysis

Precise Control of Polyolefin Stereochemistry Using Single-Site Metal Catalysts

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Polymerization of Propene and Butene with a Chiral Zirconocene and Methylalumoxane as Cocatalyst

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Heterogeneous Single-Site Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization

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New polymers by metallocene catalysis

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Post‐Metallocenes in the Industrial Production of Polyolefins

Baier, M. C., Zuideveld, M. A., & Mecking, S. (2014) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201400799 · Cited by 543 · see citing works

Feedstock Recycling and Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics

Scheirs, J., & Kaminsky, W. (2006) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/0470021543 · Cited by 485 · see citing works

The Chemistry of Catalyst Activation: The Case of Group 4 Polymerization Catalysts

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Recycling and Recovery of Plastics

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A study on nanofiber‐reinforced thermoplastic composites (II): Investigation of the mixing rheology and conduction properties

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Discovery of Methylaluminoxane as Cocatalyst for Olefin Polymerization

Kaminsky, W. (2012) · Macromolecules · doi:10.1021/ma202453u · Cited by 266 · see citing works

Models for organometallic molecule-support complexes. Very large counterion modulation of cationic actinide alkyl reactivity

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The Influence of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalysts on Polyolefin Structure, Properties, and Processing Ability

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Applying the Principles of Green Chemistry to Polymer Production Technology

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Metallocene-based polyolefins : preparation, properties and technology

Scheirs, J., & Kaminsky, W. (2000) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 159 · see citing works

Feedstock recycling of synthetic and natural rubber by pyrolysis in a fluidized bed

Kaminsky, W., Mennerich, C., & Zhang, Z. (2008) · Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis · doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2008.11.012 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Half-titanocenes for precise olefin polymerisation: effects of ligand substituents and some mechanistic aspects

Nomura, K., & Liu, J. (2011) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/c1dt10086f · Cited by 134 · see citing works

Trends in Polyolefin Chemistry

Kaminsky, W. (2008) · Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics · doi:10.1002/macp.200700575 · Cited by 130 · see citing works

Probing the Structure of Methylalumoxane (MAO) by a Combined Chemical, Spectroscopic, Neutron Scattering, and Computational Approach

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New Pathways in Plastics Recycling

Kaminsky, W., & Hartmann, F. (2000) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000117)39:2 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

In-situ Polymerization of Olefins on Nanoparticles or Fibers by Metallocene Catalysts

Kaminsky, W., Funck, A., & Klinke, C. (2008) · Topics in Catalysis · doi:10.1007/s11244-008-9044-9 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Discovery and Development of FI Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization: Unique Catalysis and Distinctive Polymer Formation

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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Ethylene-graft-Ethylene/Propylene Copolymers

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The Role of MAO-Activators

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Metallocene Based Polyolefin Nanocomposites

Kaminsky, W. (2014) · Materials · doi:10.3390/ma7031995 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Syndiotactic Polypropylene: Discovery, Development, and Industrialization via Bridged Metallocene Catalysts

Razavi, A. (2013) · Advances in polymer science · doi:10.1007/12_2013_220 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Low density polyethylene by tandem catalysis with single site Ti(IV)/Co(II) catalysts

Frediani, M., Bianchini, C., & Kaminsky, W. (2006) · Kinetics and Catalysis · doi:10.1134/s002315840602008x · Cited by 20 · see citing works

シンジオタクチックポリプロピレン:架橋メタロセン触媒による発見,発展および工業化

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Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials

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Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy

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Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene: Catalysis, structure, properties, processing and applications

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Activator-assisted pyrolysis of polypropylene

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Judicious Reduction of Supported Ti Catalyst Enables Access to Disentangled Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene

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Polyolefin-nanocomposites with special properties by in-situ polymerization

Kaminsky, W. (2018) · Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering · doi:10.1007/s11705-018-1715-x · Cited by 37 · see citing works

A High‐Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling

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The catalytic behavior of heterocenes activated by TIBA and MMAO under a low Al/Zr ratios in 1-octene polymerization

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Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Ethylene Homopolymerization Reaction Performance: FI Catalyst Activity, Polyethylene Molecular Weight, and Molecular Weight Distribution

Yang, T., Liang, J., Qin, Y., Zhou, X., He, J., Wang, Y., Zhu, Y., Wei, Z., & Zhao, S. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.162198 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Hafnium vs. Zirconium, the Perpetual Battle for Supremacy in Catalytic Olefin Polymerization: A Simple Matter of Electrophilicity?

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Introduction—Circular Economy of Polymers and Recycling Technologies

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Assessing the Technical Routes for Chemical Cycling of Waste Plastics to Light Olefins

Liang, J. K., Liu, D., Xu, S., & Ye, M. (2023) · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06252 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Organic Versus Inorganic Supports for Metallocenes: The Influence of Rigidity on the Homogeneity of the Polyolefin Microstructure and Properties

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Reaction Engineering of Polyolefins: The Role of Catalyst Supports in Ethylene Polymerization on Metallocene Catalysts

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Poly(β-pinene) as an efficient biobased tackifier for metallocene poly(ethylene) based hotmelt adhesives

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Cocatalyst effects in Hf-catalysed olefin polymerization: taking well-defined Al–alkyl borate salts into account

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An application of solvent and thermal treatment to recover materials from photovoltaic module encapsulated with polyolefin elastomer

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Ti (IV) Complexes with Bidentate O‐Chelating N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes for Use in the Homopolymerization of Ethylene and Its Copolymerization with Cyclic Olefins

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Hydrothermal recycling of polyolefins as potential alternative method for fuel production

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Polybutene, polyisobutylene, and beyond: a comprehensive review of synthesis to sustainability

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Specific, nondestructive, and durable adhesion primer for polyolefins

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Transition Metal–(μ-Cl)–Aluminum Bonding in α-Olefin and Diene Chemistry

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Ionic Liquid-Modified Porous Organic Polymers as Efficient Metallocene Catalyst Supports

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Experimental study and kinetic modeling of radical-coordination styrene polymerization with participation of ferrocene

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Synthesis and characterization of post-metallocene titanium complexes of bidentate dicarboxylic acids and studies on the effect of ring size on their polymerization activity at room temperature in aqueous emulsion

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From Single Use to Endless Use: Enhancing Service Life and Recyclability of Polymers through Dynamic Chemistry

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Rediscovering methylaluminoxane

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Kinetics of Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in the Presence of Initiating Systems “Peroxide + Zirconocene Dichloride” When the Methyl Methacrylate Adhesive is Cured

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Influence of temperature on ethylene octene-1 copolymerization catalyzed by supported metallocene catalyst

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A High‐Throughput Approach to Repurposing Olefin Polymerization Catalysts for Polymer Upcycling

Cannavacciuolo, F. D., Yadav, R., Esper, A. M., Vittoria, A., Antinucci, G., Zaccaria, F., Cipullo, R., Budzelaar, P. H. M., Busico, V., Goryunov, G. P., et al. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202202258

Computational Insights into Catalysis: Evaluating Alternative Metal Potentials in Mgcl2-Supported Ziegler-Natta CatalystsPreprint

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Homogeneous polymerization with metallocene catalysts

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Controlled radical polymerization of ethylene by iodine transfer

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Direct synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight ethylene/acrylate copolymers catalyzed by binuclear Ni catalytic system

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The Ligand and Bridge Effect of Metallocene on Producing Polyethylene Wax Under Controlled Hydrogen Partial Pressure

Pan, D., Chu, Q., & He, X. (2026) · Polymer Engineering and Science · doi:10.1002/pen.70757

Environmentally compatible polymerization of olefins by the use of metallocene catalysts

Kaminsky, W. (2001) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00321-0 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Ziegler-Natta catalysis and propylene polymerization

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Olefinpolymerisation mittels metallocenkatalysatoren

Kaminsky, W. (1994) · Die Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie · doi:10.1002/apmc.1994.052230108 · Cited by 68 · see citing works

Post‐Metallocenes in the Industrial Production of Polyolefins

Baier, M. C., Zuideveld, M. A., & Mecking, S. (2014) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201400799 · Cited by 543 · see citing works

Pyrolysis of polyolefins for increasing the yield of monomers’ recovery

Donaj, P., Kaminsky, W., Buzeto, F., & Yang, W. (2011) · Waste Management · doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.009 · Cited by 202 · see citing works