Polyolefins: 50 years after Ziegler and Natta II

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Methylaluminoxane: key component for new polymerization catalysts.- Development of ansa-metallocenes for isotactic olefin polymerization.- Syndiotactic polypropene: discovery, development, and industrialization via bridged metallocene catalysts.- Polyolefins with cyclic comonomers.- Trialkylaluminum-free modified methylaluminoxane as a cocatalyst for living polymerization of olefins.- Novel polyethylene via late transition metal complex pre-catalysts.- Functional polyolefins through polymerizations by using bis(indenyl)zirconium catalysts.- Functional polyolefins: synthesis and energy storage applications.- Polyolefin nanocomposites and hybrid catalysts.- Polyolefin/layered silicate nanocomposites prepared by in-situ polymerization.- Iron catalyst in the preparation of polyolefin composites.