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SUBMITTER: Boucher-Jacobs C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5827096 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boucher-Jacobs Camille C Rabnawaz Muhammad M Katz Joshua S JS Even Ralph R Guironnet Damien D
Nature communications 20180226 1
The catalytic emulsion polymerization of ethylene has been a long-lasting technical challenge as current techniques still suffer some limitations. Here we report an alternative strategy for the production of semi-crystalline polyethylene latex. Our methodology consists of encapsulating a catalyst precursor within micelles composed of an amphiphilic block copolymer. These micelles act as nanoreactors for the polymerization of ethylene in water. Phosphinosulfonate palladium complexes were used to ...[more]